- Date
- November 29, 1978
- Place
- Mc Grath, AK · MC GRATH, AK
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3976XPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781129045469A
- Case key
- 138094
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4363 78/11/29 MC GRATH,AK PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 1580 TIME - 1842 N3976X PX- 0 3 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MC GRATH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MC GRATH,AK MC GRATH,AK TATALINA,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT CREW PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: DEFICIENCY,COMPANY MAINTAINED EQPMT,SERVICES,REGULATION WEATHER - OTHER WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 19 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DARK NIGHT W/ LIMITED VISUAL CUES.PLT HAD ARGUMENT ABT LACK OF FLT TIME.PLT STD SOME INST INOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3976X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mc Grath
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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.