- Date
- December 2, 1980
- Place
- Sunbright, TN · SUNBRIGHT, TN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N99EJPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801202071049A
- Case key
- 128081
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3603 80/12/2 SUNBRIGHT,TN PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 5092 TIME - 1315 N99EJ PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1765 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAYETTEVILLE,TN LONDON,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 55 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- PLT REFUSED IFR CLRNC AT HIGHER ALT DUE POSSIBILITY ICE.ENRTE MEA 5000FT.HIT MTN 2600FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99EJ
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N99EJRegistration cancelled Sep 17, 2009 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N99EJ · 1
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