Piper PA-34-200T N238Z

Summary

On 28 October 2000 at about 13:35 local time, a Piper PA-34-200T registered N238Z was involved in an accident near Fort Collins, Colorado, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 October 2000 at 13:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Fort Collins/Loveland (FNL)

Coordinates

40.5205, -105.1406

Aircraft

Piper PA-34-200T

Registration

N238Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Colo. Springs → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Dawn

NTSB number

DEN01LA007

Nobody was injured.

Failure by the pilot to follow instrument approach procedures and execute a missed approach when the runway environment was not in sight at decision height. A factor was low ceiling.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was executing an ILS approach to an uncontrolled airport in low visibility conditions. He had his landing light and strobe lights on and failed to activate the pilot controlled runway lights. When his passenger informed him she saw lights, he went visual and could not see either the ground or runway environment. The aircraft drifted right and impacted the ground approximately 800 feet right and 1,000 feet down the runway. The landing gear collapsed and the aircraft slid to a stop on a taxiway adjacent to the ramp area.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.