- Date
- February 8, 1978
- Place
- Bluffton, OH · BLUFFTON, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7451LPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780208003089A
- Case key
- 158597
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0276 78/2/8 BLUFFTON,OH PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 4908 TIME - 2130 N7451L PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLUFFTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPARTA,TN BLUFFTON,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 280 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 4 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- APT UNATTENDED,LOCALIZED FOG NOT REPORTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7451L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bluffton
N7451LRegistration cancelled May 20, 2008 · Piper PA-31-310Airframe modelPiper PA-31-310Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7451L · 1
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