19791005033569A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Elgin, IL · October 5, 1979

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Date: October 5, 1979 · 05:32 local
Place: Elgin, IL
Airport: Elgin
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N6142H
Reported as: Piper PA32R300
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 2
Pilot’s flight hours: 338 total53 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days

N6142HRegistration cancelled Mar 1, 1982 · Piper PA-32R-300S/N 32R-7880045 Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300

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What happened

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Pilot took off in fog. Hit a tree. Witness said tree tops were obscured in fog.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT TOOK OFF IN FOG. HIT A TREE. WITNESS SAID TREE TOPS WERE OBSCURED IN FOG.