- Date
- July 10, 1980
- Place
- Charleston, SC · CHARLESTON, SC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 5 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N776SWPiper PA-31P
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800710040489A
- Case key
- 136426
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3230 80/7/10 CHARLESTON,SC PIPER PA-31P CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0858 N776SW PX- 0 4 0 BUSINESS 61, 12400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 705 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHARLESTON INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLESTON,SC PADUCAH,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- UN REACH RWY.R ENG NOT FEATHERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N776SW
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Charleston Intl
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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.