HOPWOOD, PA, USA
N2209A
PIPER PA-32RT-300
THE ATP RATED PILOT OBTAINED A COMPLETE WX BRIEFING INCLUDING FORECASTS OF OCCASIONAL MODERATE ICING, A CLEVELAND CENTER WX ADVISORY, WINDS ALOFT WITH TEMPS AT THE FLT PLANNED ALT OF 6000 FT RANGING FROM -1 TO -4 DEG C AND PIREPS OF MODERATE ICING FROM 5000 TO 11000 FT WITH ONE PIREP OF MODERATE TO SEVERE ICING AT 5000 FT. THE PILOT DEPARTED IN THE NON-DEICE/ANTI-ICE EQUIPPED ACFT AND WITHIN THREE AND A HALF MINUTES BEGAN REQUESTING ALT DIVERSIONS. COMMUNTICATIONS WITH THE PILOT AND RADAR DATA SHOW THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALT AND SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED AND BURNED IN A MOUNTAINOUS AREA.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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