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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Lambsburg, VA · February 5, 1982

Date
February 5, 1982 · 14:12 local
Place
Lambsburg, VA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N75225
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL82FA047
Reported as
Piper PA32R300
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total65 in this make and model0 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.

Flew into side of fog-shrouded ridge while attempting to follow a highway in rising mountain terrain.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO SIDE OF FOG-SHROUDED RIDGE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FOLLOW A HIGHWAY IN RISING MOUNTAIN 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.