- Date
- August 4, 1980
- Place
- Charlottesvle, VA · CHARLOTTESVLE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2484DPiper PA-38
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800804083109A
- Case key
- 129258
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2806 80/8/4 CHARLOTTESVLE,VA PIPER PA-38 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 68 TOTAL TIME - 1828 N2484D PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 62 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHARLOTTESVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLOTTESVLE,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION REMARKS- AUTOPSY REVEALED PIC DIED FROM NATURAL CAUSES,ACUTE CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2484D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Charlottesville
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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.