19780802041229A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-34-200 · Chesterfield, VA · August 2, 1978

Date
August 2, 1978
Place
Chesterfield, VA
Airport
Chesterfield Co
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N56122
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD78FA088
Reported as
Piper PA34200
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
508 total0 in this make and model93 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.

Wx-low clouds with restricted visibility. Left seat plt had expiredical & was not current.

As the FAA filed it

WX-LOW CLOUDS WITH RESTRICTED VISIBILITY.LEFT SEAT PLT HAD EXPIREDICAL & WAS NOT CURRENT.

NTSB investigation

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