Piper PA-31T2 N2517X

Summary

On 17 February 1982 at about 01:19 local time, a Piper PA-31T2 registered N2517X, operated by GNC Energy Corp., was involved in an accident near Springfield, Kentucky, United States. 8 people were on board and 8 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 February 1982 at 01:19

Classification

Accident

Location

Springfield, Kentucky, United States

Nearest airport

Lebanon-Springfield (6I2)

Coordinates

37.6800, -85.2204

Aircraft

Piper PA-31T2

Registration

N2517X

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

GNC Energy Corp.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mobile → Springfield

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ATL82FA055

8 people 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

THE FLT WAS CLEARED TO MAINTAIN 3,000 FT MSL UNTIL OVER THE ARPT, THEN CRUISE. THE PLT HAD PREVIOUSLY STATED THAT HE COULD SEE THE LIGHTS ON THE GROUND & THAT HE WAS 15 MI FROM THE ARPT. AT 2013 THE PLT STATED "WE OUGHTA BE ABLE TO CANCEL HERE." THE ACFT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 6 MI FROM THE ARPT. THE ARPT OPERATOR HEARD AN ACFT LOW OVERHEAD & WAS ABLETO SEE STARS. OTHER GROUND WITNESSES CLOSER TO THE POINT OF IMPACT OBSERVED VERY THICK PATCHY FOG WITH VISIBILITY ABOUT 200 FT. ONE WITNESS OBSERVED THE ACFT NAVIGATION LIGHTS DO SOME UNUSUAL MANEUVERING, WHILE ANOTHER WITNESS SAW THE LIGHTS VERY LOW. THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A LEFT WING LOW, NEAR LEVEL FLIGHT ATTITUDE. THE WRECKAGE WAS CO-LOCATED WITH AN APPROXIMATE DOWNWIND TO BASE LEG TURN. THERE IS A SINGLE VOR/DME APCH TO RWY 11. THE MDA IS 1,260 FT & REQUIRES A MINIMUM VISIBILITY OF 1 MI. THE CIRCLING APCH HAS AN MDA OF 1,420 FT & ALSO REQUIRES A MINIMUM VISIBILITY OF 1 MI. THE PLT HAD RECEIVED AN ALTIMETER SETTING OF 29.77. THE ACFT'S ALTIMETER WAS SET BETWEEN 30.29 & 30.30.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.