- Date
- May 1, 1981
- Place
- Hammond, TX · HAMMOND, TX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3544JPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810501021089A
- Case key
- 125371
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3163 81/5/1 NR.HAMMOND,TX PIPER PA-31 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 2200 TIME - 0726 N3544J PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX MINERAL WELLS,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3544J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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