- Date
- November 19, 1981
- Place
- Mathews, VA · MATHEWS, VA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N15PTPiper Advcd PAT-1
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1984
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811119078759A
- Case key
- 122746
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3666 81/11/19 NR.MATHEWS,VA PIPER ADVCD PAT-1 CR- 3 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1084 TIME - 1115 N15PT PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANGLEY AFB,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - OPERATIONAL SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQ.DIRECTIVES,MANUAL,EQUIPMENT REMARKS- DEMO FLT BY MFGR FOR NASA.1/3-SCALE TESTS INDCD UNDSRBL STALL/POST STALL CHARCS,AFT CG CONDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15PT
- Reported as
- Piper Advcd PAT-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N15PTRegistration cancelled Dec 11, 1984 · Piper Advanced Technology PAT-1Airframe modelPiper Advanced Technology PAT-1
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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.