DUNSMUIR, CA, USA
N123JY
PIPER PA-38-112
A PIPER PA-38-112 COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN WHILE ON A NIGHT VFR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. NIGHT INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE PILOT RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. HIS DESTINATION WEATHER WAS MARGINAL AND HE DID NOT UPDATE HIS WEATHER BRIEFING ENROUTE. THE PILOT WAS FLYING DOWN A VALLEY AT AN ALTITUDE OF 6,500 FEET MSL FOLLOWING AN INTERSTATE UNDER AN OVERCAST CEILING WHICH THE PILOT REPORTED AT 7,500 FEET MSL. THE PILOT INDICATED HE ENCOUNTERED STRONG WINDS AND TURBULENCE. HE THEN FLEW INTO CLOUDS LOST ALTITUDE AND CRASHED INTO TREES.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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