- Date
- July 4, 1981
- Place
- Beach, GA · BEACH, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4512JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810704037909A
- Case key
- 124637
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1882 81/7/4 BEACH,GA PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, UNK/NR TIME - 0640 N4512J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HINESVILLE,GA THOMASTON,GA ALBANY,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- CIRCLED FRIEND'S HOUSE,SIGNAL TO MEET AT ARPT.PATCHY GND FOG,VIS NR ZERO IN PLACES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4512J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4512JRegistration cancelled Aug 13, 2012 · Piper PA-28R-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180Engine modelLycoming I0360 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.