- Date
- February 15, 1979
- Place
- Rogers, AR · ROGERS, AR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6482RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790215002989A
- Case key
- 137286
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0353 79/2/15 ROGERS,AR PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 250 TIME - 0923 N6482R PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROGERS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROGERS,AR LITTLE ROCK,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 60 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6482R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rogers
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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.