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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA60601P · Cumberland, MD · September 19, 1990

Date
September 19, 1990 · 16:55 local
Place
Cumberland, MD
Airport
Cumberland Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8249J
NTSB investigation
NTSBBFO90FA076
Reported as
Piper PA60601P
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1

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.

Broke out over airport in and out of clouds. Made steep turn to keep airport insight and flew into ground.

As the FAA filed it

BROKE OUT OVER AIRPORT IN AND OUT OF CLOUDS. MADE STEEP TURN TO KEEP AIRPORT INSIGHT AND FLEW INTO GROUND.

NTSB investigation

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