- Date
- August 4, 1981
- Place
- Millbury, OH · MILLBURY, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8145NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810804050599A
- Case key
- 124971
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1488 81/8/4 MILLBURY,OH PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 19, 26 TOTAL TIME - 1610 N8145N PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TOLEDO-METCALF DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILLBURY,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: CROP IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8145N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Toledo-Metcalf
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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