At 2210 eastern time, a Piper PA-30 crashed during an instrument approach to Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport. The pilot was killed. The business flight had originated earlier in the day at Spartanburg and had made stops in several states before returning to Spartanburg. The flight was cleared for the ILS Rwy 5 approach. The airplane collided with trees before crashing 0.7 nm from the runway 5 threshold and 0.2 nm from the runway 5 localizer course. A witness in a home near the accident site heard the airplane close overhead, followed by the sound of the engines revving up and lastly the noise of the crash. The witness then went outside and saw the airplane burning on the ground.
October 26, Roebuck, S.C. / Piper Twin Comanche
At 2210 eastern time, a Piper PA-30 crashed during an instrument approach to Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport. The pilot was killed. The business flight had originated earlier in the day at Spartanburg and had made stops in several states before returning to Spartanburg. The flight was cleared for the ILS Rwy 5 approach. The airplane collided with trees before crashing 0.7 nm from the runway 5 threshold and 0.2 nm from the runway 5 localizer course. A witness in a home near the accident site heard the airplane close overhead, followed by the sound of the engines revving up and lastly the noise of the crash. The witness then went outside and saw the airplane burning on the ground....
Key Takeaways:
- A Piper PA-30 crashed during an instrument approach to Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport, resulting in the pilot's death.
- The business flight, returning to Spartanburg, collided with trees 0.7 nautical miles from the runway threshold and 0.2 nautical miles from the localizer course.
- A witness near the accident site heard the airplane's engines revving up just before the sound of the crash and subsequently saw the burning wreckage.
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