- Date
- February 18, 1981
- Place
- Loganspopt, IN · LOGANSPOPT, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4341FPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810218004389A
- Case key
- 127065
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0854 81/2/18 LOGANSPOPT,IN PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 822 TIME - 2110 N4341F PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOGANSPORT MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOLINE,IL LOGANSPOPT,IN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 53 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW MDA,DARK NIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4341F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Logansport Muni
N4341FRegistration cancelled Nov 21, 2012 · Piper PA-32R-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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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.