- Date
- October 10, 1975
- Place
- Harrisburg, NC · HARRISBURG, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8893WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751010039139A
- Case key
- 151506
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3613 75/10/10 HARRISBURG,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1214 N8893W PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 64, 16319 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLOTTE,NC CONCORD,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8893W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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