- Date
- May 18, 1976
- Place
- Petersburg, AK · PETERSBURG, AK
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N55951Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760518024049A
- Case key
- 153643
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1814 76/5/18 NR.PETERSBURG,AK PIPER PA-34 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0856 N55951 PX- 5 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 24, 1683 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 45 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAINES,AK WRANGELL,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOSS OF CTL FOR UNDET REASON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55951
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N55951Registration cancelled Aug 27, 2012 · Piper PA-34-200Airframe modelPiper PA-34-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.