- Date
- September 21, 1976
- Place
- Greenwood, LA · GREENWOOD, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N78592Piper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760921039029A
- Case key
- 155604
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3436 76/9/21 GREENWOOD,LA PIPER PA-12 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 4500 TIME - 1345 N78592 PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 79 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENVILLE,MS RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78592
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N78592Registration cancelled Jul 23, 2013 · Piper PA-12Airframe modelPiper PA-12Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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