19810128002119A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Port Angeles, WA · January 28, 1981

Date
January 28, 1981 · 16:55 local
Place
Port Angeles, WA
Airport
Fairchild International
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3062D
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA81FA018
Reported as
Piper PA28161
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
695 total552 in this make and model88 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.

Struck mountain while navigating in clouds on VOR airway. Fifo check ok. Private check showed mislined radial.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK MOUNTAIN WHILE NAVIGATING IN CLOUDS ON VOR AIRWAY. FIFO CHECK OK. PRIVATE CHECK SHOWED MISLINED RADIAL.

NTSB investigation

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