- Date
- September 17, 1974
- Place
- Raleigh, NC · RALEIGH, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9441JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740917037649A
- Case key
- 136811
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2814 74/9/17 RALEIGH,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 167 TIME - 1602 N9441J PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RALEIGH-DURHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NORFOLK,VA RALEIGH,NC 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 - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 68 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 30 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT RCVG RADAR VECTORS.UN TO MNTN VFR,ATMTD TO CLIMB TO VFR CONDITIONS ON TOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9441J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Raleigh-Durham
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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.