- Date
- March 27, 1979
- Place
- Lander, WY · LANDER, WY
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2257MPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790327013889A
- Case key
- 137579
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0659 79/3/27 NR.LANDER,WY PIPER PA-34 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1604 N2257M PX- 3 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 33, 3400 TOTAL HOURS, 550 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CASPER,WY AFTON,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SNOW, SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS BLOWING SNOW IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FA-MTNS OBSCURED BY CLOUDS.HIT MTN 12800FT MSL.RECOVERY DATE 3/29/79.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2257M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2257MRegistration cancelled Oct 16, 2012 · Piper PA-34-200TAirframe modelPiper PA-34-200TEngine modelContinental TSIO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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