Piper PA-28-161 N60842

Summary

On 21 February 2008 at about 11:39 local time, a Piper PA-28-161 registered N60842, operated by Gregory Frey, was involved in an accident near Vik, Iceland. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 February 2008 at 11:39

Classification

Accident

Location

Vik, Iceland

Coordinates

63.4160, -19.0023

Aircraft

Piper PA-28-161

Registration

N60842

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Gregory Frey

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Reykjavik → Wick

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI08FAMS2

1 person died.

The pilot's decision to fly into an area of forecast weather suitable for structural icing. Contributing to the accident was the effect of the structural icing encountered.

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

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The pilot was asked by a ferry company representative to delay his flight until the icing weather had cleared from the route of flight. The pilot was handed a weather briefing by a dispatcher during the pilot’s preflight weather briefing. The briefing included the significant low level weather chart indicating icing from 7,000 above mean sea level. The pilot reportedly elected to depart on the day of the accident flight. During the ferry flight over the Atlantic Ocean, the pilot relayed through other aircraft to air traffic control that he encountered icing and a loss of engine power. The pilot descended from his cruise flight level of 11,000 feet above mean sea level. An emergency locater transmitter signal associated with the airplane was detected by a satellite in the area. Search and rescue operations did not locate the airplane or pilot.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.