- Date
- April 27, 1981
- Place
- Raleigh, NC · RALEIGH, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1097XPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810427019439A
- Case key
- 126705
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0589 81/4/27 RALEIGH,NC PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 2500 TIME - 2200 N1097X PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 101 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RALEIGH-DURHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FERNANDINO BEACH,FL RALEIGH,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1097X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Raleigh-Durham
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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