19751214042719A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28R-180 · Erie, PA · December 14, 1975

Date
December 14, 1975
Place
Erie, PA
Airport
Erie
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N393HP
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC76AN055
Reported as
Piper PA28R180
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,258 total21 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Acft obsvd in steep clb aftr what appeared as a low pass. Acft then pitched ovr into steep dive.

As the FAA filed it

ACFT OBSVD IN STEEP CLB AFTR WHAT APPEARED AS A LOW PASS.ACFT THEN PITCHED OVR INTO STEEP DIVE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.