19780315015279A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA32R · Belfield, ND · March 15, 1978

Date
March 15, 1978
Place
Belfield, ND
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N75089
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC78FA028
Reported as
Piper PA32R
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
1,160 total280 in this make and model29 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.

No evidence of rotation on turn-coordinator gyro. Plt stated troubith artificial horizon.

As the FAA filed it

NO EVIDENCE OF ROTATION ON TURN-COORDINATOR GYRO.PLT STATED TROUBITH ARTIFICIAL HORIZON.

NTSB investigation

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