Piper PA-32-300 N2898D

Summary

On 20 October 1984 at about 00:40 local time, a Piper PA-32-300 registered N2898D, operated by Dianne Droessler, was involved in an accident near Bruce, Wisconsin, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 October 1984 at 00:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Bruce, Wisconsin, United States

Coordinates

45.4505, -91.2708

Aircraft

Piper PA-32-300

Registration

N2898D

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Dianne Droessler

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Milwaukee → Shell Lake

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI85FA020

2 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 ACFT CRASHED INTO A HEAVILY WOODED AREA DURING A X-COUNTRY PERSONAL FLIGHT. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT CIRCLE THE LIGHTED FOOTBALL FIELD AT ATLANTA, WI, AT AN ALTITUDE LOW ENOUGH THAT THEY FEARED THE ACFT WOULD HIT TREES IN THE VICINITY. AT THIS TIME THE WX CONDITIONS AT ATLANTA WERE: LOW OVERCAST, RAINY, GUSTY WINDS. WITNESSES WATCHED THE ACFT DEPART THE AREA TOWARD HIGHER GROUND AND HEARD AN EXPLOSION. INVESTIGATION DID NOT REVEAL PRE- IMPACT FAILURE OF THE ACFT AND AUTOPSY AND TOXICOLOGY TEST DID NOT REVEAL ANY MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS OR EVIDENCE OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.