- Date
- August 16, 1981
- Place
- Tuscaloosa, AL · TUSCALOOSA, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4529XPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810816049749A
- Case key
- 124651
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2042 81/8/16 TUSCALOOSA,AL PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1428 N4529X PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 41, 2116 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TUSC-VANDEGRAFF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUSCALOOSA,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: GO-AROUND COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - WIND SHEAR WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 30 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- ATMTD LNDG BFR TSTM ARR.LOST APRX 35KTS IN WNDSHR.HIT HANGAR,2 ACFT,OTR ACFT DMGD.WND GSTG 50KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4529X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tusc-Vandegraff
N4529XRegistration cancelled Oct 15, 1987 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.