- Date
- January 12, 1980
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9388JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800112044079A
- Case key
- 132325
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0164 80/1/12 MISSING AIRCRAFT PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE,FL.INSTR., AGE TIME - 1344 N9388J PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 31, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCK SPRINGS,WY TWIN FALLS,ID TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 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 FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DMG & INJURY INDEX-PRESUMED.PLT STATED-UNABLE TO MNTN ALT DUE TO ICING.RADIO/RADAR CONTACT LOST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9388J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9388JRegistration cancelled May 22, 2013 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9388J · 1
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