- Date
- June 2, 1976
- Place
- Hume, VA · HUME, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N110SAPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760602016039A
- Case key
- 201340
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3409 76/6/2 HUME,VA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1215 N110SA PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS AGE 22, 4446 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 610 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHMOND,VA WINCHESTER,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 15 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH TREES DRG TURN AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N110SA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.