- Date
- July 26, 1980
- Place
- Pikeville, KY · PIKEVILLE, KY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8357WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800726030759A
- Case key
- 129381
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3512 80/7/26 PIKEVILLE,KY PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 345 TIME - 1357 N8357W PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 115 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PIKE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROOKVILLE,OH PIKEVILLE,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- VALLEY APCH.HIT UNMARKED STATIC WIRE.MTN AREA.PWR CO REFUSE TO MARK WIRES ON APCH PATH BFR ACDNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8357W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pike County
N8357WRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.