Piper PA-28-181 N30667

Summary

On 19 March 1984 at about 21:30 local time, a Piper PA-28-181 registered N30667 was involved in an accident near Gasconade, Missouri, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 March 1984 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Gasconade, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-181

Registration

N30667

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Litchfield → Columbia

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC84FA110

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 PLT LANDED AT AN ARPT WHERE, BY HIS OWN DESCRIPTION, THE WX WAS NEAR ZERO IN RAIN. HE THEN RECEIVED 2 WX BRIEFINGS. DURING THE 1ST BRIEFING THE PLT INDICATED THAT HE COULD MAKE THE FLT IFR. THE PLT WAS ADVISED OF A SIGMET FOR SEVERE ICING CONDITIONS AT LOWER ALTITUDES IN THE COLUMBIA AREA. DURING THE 2ND BRIEFING HE WAS ADVISED THAT COLUMBIA WX WAS INDEFINITE 100 FT SKY OBSCURED, 1/4 MI VISIBILITY IN LIGHT DRIZZLE & FOG. THE FLT DEPARTED LITCHFIELD AT ABOUT 1400. AT 1530 THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE TOPS OF TREES ON A STEEP, TREE COVERED BLUFF ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.