- Date
- September 18, 1980
- Place
- Paducah, KY · PADUCAH, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N777EBPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800918041759A
- Case key
- 128877
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2400 80/9/18 PADUCAH,KY PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 2500 TIME - 0734 N777EB PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PADUCAH MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EVANSVILLE,IN REIDLAND,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DRAGGED WINGTIP,POD,OR FLOAT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG CALM TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 52 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DRAGGED WINGTIP DRG TURN TO ALIGN ACFT W RWY.ILS APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N777EB
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Paducah Muni
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.