- Date
- November 21, 1978
- Place
- Old Harbor, AK · OLD HARBOR, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4284RPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781121044529A
- Case key
- 138058
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4309 78/11/21 NR.OLD HARBOR,AK PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N4284R PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 47, 4838 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 338 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OLD HARBOR,AK KODIAK,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - WIND SHEAR WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN OTHER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT MTN 1720FT MSL 7MI FRM DEP PT.COLD FRONT PASSAGE.COMPANY FLT PLAN.RECOVERY DATE 10/10/80.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4284R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.