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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32RT-300T · Granite, OR · June 26, 1980

Date
June 26, 1980 · 10:00 local
Place
Granite, OR
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N39691
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA80FA036
Reported as
Piper PA32RT300T
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
516 total245 in this make and model28 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot continued into weather conditions and crashed in mountainous terrain.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT CONTINUED INTO WEATHER CONDITIONS AND CRASHED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.

NTSB investigation

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