- Date
- February 18, 1981
- Place
- Fort Wayne, IN · FORT WAYNE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7496JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810218004359A
- Case key
- 127320
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0188 81/2/18 FORT WAYNE,IN PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2253 N7496J PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 35, 1400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 161 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUTH BEND,IN FORT WAYNE,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 FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 47 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 230 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- CRASHED APRX 2600FT L OF RWY 4 CENTERLINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7496J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Baer Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7496J · 1
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