19781223040859A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · North Bend, WA · December 23, 1978

Date
December 23, 1978
Place
North Bend, WA
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N95172
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA83FA064
Reported as
Piper PA28140
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total200 in this make and model0 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.

Wreckage and existing marginal weather indicates pilot loss of control prior hillside impact.

As the FAA filed it

WRECKAGE AND EXISTING MARGINAL WEATHER INDICATES PILOT LOSS OF CONTROL PRIOR HILLSIDE IMPACT.

NTSB investigation

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