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FAA accident report · Piper PA28/ · Roanoke, VA · August 15, 1979

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Date
August 15, 1979 · 22:00 local
Place
Roanoke, VA
Airport
Roanoke
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N41856
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD79DID25
Reported as
Piper PA28/
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
93 total16 in this make and model46 in the last 90 days
N41856Registration cancelled Aug 24, 1982 · Piper PA-28-151S/N 28-7415337 · Built 1974Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151

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.

Climbing out from night takeoff, struck mountain top.

As the FAA filed it

CLIMBING OUT FROM NIGHT TAKEOFF, STRUCK MOUNTAIN TOP.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB IAD79DID25Accident · Minor injuriesClosedRoanoke, VAAug 15, 1979 · Destroyed