- Date
- August 31, 1974
- Place
- Elkins, WV · ELKINS, WV
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N56845Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740831030969A
- Case key
- 138723
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3418 74/8/31 ELKINS,W VA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 21, 349 TIME - 1245 N56845 PX- 0 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELKINS-RANDOLPH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELKINS,W VA YOUNGSTOWN,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 67 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 320 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- IFR DEPT NOT IN ACCORD WITH PUBLISHED PROCEDURES.HIT TREES ABT 2000FT MSL APRX 3.5MI NW OF ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56845
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Elkins-Randolph
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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.