- Date
- August 5, 1977
- Place
- Colorado Spgs, CO · COLORADO SPGS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4864SPiper PA-32T
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770805021619A
- Case key
- 145470
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3875 77/8/5 NR.COLORADO SPGS, CO PIPER PA-32T CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 1395 TIME - 1715 N4864S PX- 0 0 1 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 32 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TULSA,OK COLORADO SPGS, CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HAIL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - HAIL WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) HAIL OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4864S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4864SRegistration cancelled Dec 8, 2009 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N4864S · 1
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