Piper PA28-140E N5770U

Summary

On 11 August 1984 at about 13:50 local time, a Piper PA28-140E registered N5770U, operated by T. L. Smith, was involved in an accident near Montmorenci, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 August 1984 at 13:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Montmorenci, Indiana, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA28-140E

Registration

N5770U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

T. L. Smith

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Hobart → Brazil

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI84FA342

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

THE ACFT CRASHED WHILE ON A X-COUNTRY PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION FLT. PRIOR TO DEPARTURE, THE PLT TELEPHONED A RELATIVE AT THE DESTINATION, 118 MILES AWAY, & HAD BEEN INFORMED THAT THE FLT CONDITIONS (WX) AT BRAZIL WERE GOOD. THE PLT DID NOT OBTAIN A WX BRIEFING OR FILE A FLT PLAN. THE PLT STATED THAT HE DEPARTED IN VFR FLT CONDITIONS & WHILE CRUISING BETWEEN '1800 & 2000 FT RAN INTO A HEAVY FOG'. AT THIS TIME HE WAS APPROX 69 MI SOUTH & REPORTED HE STARTED A LT TURN INTENDING TO RETURN TO VFR CONDITIONS. THE ACFT DESCENDED DUING THE TURN & STRUCK THE BOTTOM CABLE OF A HIGH LINE 80 FT AGL. THE PLT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED & THE PASSENGER KILLED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.