- Date
- August 8, 1977
- Place
- Lima, OH · LIMA, OH
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4782LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146364
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2262 77/8/8 LIMA,OH PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 397 TIME - 1700 N4782L PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLEN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIMA,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 81 210 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WND GUSTING 20K.DRIFTED INTO TREES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4782L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allen County
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