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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Piper PA32R300 · Orange, VA · September 14, 1980

Date
September 14, 1980 · 19:15 local
Place
Orange, VA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3026C
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL80FID30
Reported as
Piper PA32R300
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,118 total150 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Flew into area of thunderstorms heavy rain, poor visibility. Made hard fast landing in rough pasture.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS HEAVY RAIN, POOR VISIBILITY. MADE HARD FAST LANDING IN ROUGH PASTURE.

NTSB investigation

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

Other reports on N3026C · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.