Piper PA-23-250 N6242Y

Summary

On 20 January 1982 at about 10:35 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N6242Y, operated by Thomas M. Casey, was involved in an accident near McComb, Mississippi, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 January 1982 at 10:35

Classification

Accident

Location

McComb, Mississippi, United States

Nearest airport

McComb-Pike County

Coordinates

31.2404, -90.4597

Aircraft

Piper PA-23-250

Registration

N6242Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Thomas M. Casey

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Jackson → Pontiac

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL82FKQ10

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

BEFORE TAKING OFF FROM JACKSON, MS, THE PILOT RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING BY RADIO AND FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO MCCOMB, MS. DURING ARRIVAL AT MCCOMB, THE WEATHER WAS IFR WITH AN INDEFINITELY OBSCURED CEILING AT ZERO FT, VISIBILITY 1/2 MILE IN FOG, WIND 160 DEGREES AT 7 KNOTS. DURING AN ILS LOCALIZER APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH TREES ABOUT 2900 FT FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. THE TREES WERE ABOUT 50 TO 60 FT TALL AND THE GROUND LEVEL WAS APPROXIMATELY 400 FT MSL. THE MINIMUM DESCENT ALTITUDE (MDA) FOR THE APPROACH WAS 800 FT MSL. THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT WAS ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF THE APPROACH TO RUNWAY 15. AFTER THE INITIAL IMPACT, THE AIRCRAFT FLEW ABOUT 630 FT AND THEN CRASHED IN A WOODED AREA ABOUT 400 FT LEFT OF THE CENTERLINE OF THE APPROACH. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO INDICATION OF A MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF THE ENGINES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.