Piper PA-24-250 N7890P

Summary

On 2 November 1997 at about 23:30 local time, a Piper PA-24-250 registered N7890P was involved in an accident near Robinson, Illinois, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

2 November 1997 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Robinson, Illinois, United States

Coordinates

39.0007, -87.7399

Aircraft

Piper PA-24-250

Registration

N7890P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Roanoke → Hannibal

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI98LA029

1 person died.

the pilot's improper decision to continue flight into adverse weather conditions The low ceiling and the heavy rain were factors.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

A witness observed the airplane in flight just before the accident occurred. He said that he saw the airplane fly south to north at a very low altitude before it disappeared. A minute later, the witness saw the airplane heading westbound. He watched the airplane until it disappeared behind some trees. The witness said that the weather was very rainy and windy, with very bad visibility. There were no witnesses to the airplane accident. The pilot was not instrument rated, and had logged no flight time in actual instrument weather conditions. The weather observation reported by the Flight Service Station at Terre Haute, Indiana (38 miles north-northeast of the accident site), on 11/2/97, at 1745 est (1645 cst), was few clouds at 2,400 feet above ground level (agl), a broken ceiling at 3,300 feet agl, an overcast ceiling at 5,000 feet agl, and rain showers.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.