- Date
- September 10, 1980
- Place
- Culpeper, VA · CULPEPER, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6702LPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report November 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800910078579A
- Case key
- 128364
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2870 80/9/10 CULPEPER,VA PIPER PA-31 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0530 N6702L PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 47, 4601 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 223 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CULPEPER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CULPEPER,VA BALTIMORE,MD CHANTILLY,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CRASHED DRG EARLY MORNING WHILE STILL DARK.R ENG FND SHUTDWN & FEATHERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6702L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Culpeper
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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.