Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Cable, Wisconsin 54821
Friday, August 3, 1984 21:45 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES & GROUND DURING IMC WX AT NIGHT. THE PLT OBTAINED A WX BRIEFING AT 1731 HRS CDT BY PHONE FROM HIBBING FSS. HE WAS ADVISED THAT VFR FLT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED. NO OTHER WX BRIEFING FOR THIS FLT WAS RECORDED. WITNESSES AT THE ARPT OF DEPARTURE SAID THE WX WAS DETERIORATING AS THE PLT PREPARED TO LEAVE. HE SAID HE COULD POP THRUTHE LOW SCUD WITH NO PROBLEM. THE ARPT MGR CALLED HIM ON UNICOM WHEN SHE HEARD THE ENG START TO ASK HIM IF HE WAS LEAVING. HE SAID HE WAS BECAUSE THE WX WAS FORECAST TO WORSEN BY MORNING. HE DEPARTED AT ABOUT 2145 HRS EDT ON RWY 16. THE PLT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED BY WITNESSES FOR 20-30 SECONDS AFTER TAKEOFF AND WAS SEEN MAKINGA SLIGHT TURN TO THE SW. THIS WAS THE LAST TIME THE ACFT WAS SEEN IN FLT. THE WRECKAGE WAS NOT LOCATED FOR 30 DAYS. THE ARPT MGR LATER STATED THAT THE VISIBILITY AT THE ARPT THAT NIGHT WAS LIMITED TO 1500 FT DUE TO GROUND FOG. ANOTHER PLT TERMINATED HIS FLT DUE TO THE FOG AND SAID THAT THE AREA HAD BEEN ABOUT 50 PERCENT COVERED BY FOG.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/3/1984 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 2145 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | CABLE |
| Event State | WISCONSIN |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 54821 |
| Event Date Year | 1984 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 2145 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 190 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | EAU |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 907 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 80 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Night/Dark |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 10000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 5 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 24 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 22 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Calm |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 2 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 2824 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 26804 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 9:15AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Unknown |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N3963R |
| NTSB Number | CHI84FA374 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | PA-28-180F |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PA-28-180F |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 287105068 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2400 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jul 19 1984 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 22 |
| Airframe Hours | 3341 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | |
| Aircraft Owner City | |
| Aircraft Owner State | |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | ELEANOR E. STRAUCK |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 7406 OAKDALE AVE. |
| Operator City | HAMMOND |
| Operator State | IN |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 46324 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | 3CU |
| Departure City | CABLE |
| Departure State | WI |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 2142 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | VPZ |
| Destination City | VALPARAISO |
| Destination State | IN |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Descent |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:36AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |