- Date
- July 13, 1981
- Place
- Asheville, NC · ASHEVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N17123Piper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810713040679A
- Case key
- 125133
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1702 81/7/13 ASHEVILLE,NC PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 1 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0530 N17123 PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS AGE 21, 469 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 73 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ASHEVILLE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTERSVILLE,NC ASHEVILLE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) COPILOT - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 68 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- NOSE GEAR DMGD,WNDSHIELD BRK,OWNER/COPILOT DISABLED,IP TOOK CTS.NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DRG LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N17123
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Asheville Muni
N17123Registered now · Piper PA-32R-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-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.