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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Stuarts Draft, VA · April 7, 1989

Date
April 7, 1989 · 10:05 local
Place
Stuarts Draft, VA
Phase of flight
Scud Running
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N44510
NTSB investigation
NTSBBFO89FA081
Reported as
Piper PA28180
Reported engine
Lycoming O360A4A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
2,850 total1,500 in this make and model

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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 trees on a cloud obscured mountain. No record of weather briefing and no flight plan filed.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO TREES ON A CLOUD OBSCURED MOUNTAIN. NO RECORD OF WEATHER BRIEFING AND NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED.

NTSB investigation

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