- Date
- January 21, 1979
- Place
- Pinedale, WY · PINEDALE, WY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9026YPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790121001279A
- Case key
- 137082
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1074 79/1/21 PINEDALE,WY PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1845 N9026Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 38, 12762 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 213 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WENZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DENVER,CO PINEDALE,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION 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 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9026Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wenz
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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.