- Date
- October 6, 1981
- Place
- Winchester, VA · WINCHESTER, VA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8398NPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811006068629A
- Case key
- 123106
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3363 81/10/6 NR.WINCHESTER,VA PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 338 TIME - 1925 N8398N PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAYSLAKE,IL WASHINGTON,DC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 50 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- BGN RCVRY BLO CLDS,R OTBD WNG PANEL/HOR STAB SEPD.HI PLT WRKLD-FREQ CHG,NEW ALSTG,DSCNT/HLDG CLNC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8398N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.