- Date
- October 9, 1976
- Place
- Busick, NC · BUSICK, NC
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N15025Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761009039899A
- Case key
- 156215
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3714 76/10/9 BUSICK,NC PIPER PA-34 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1302 N15025 PX- 3 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 34, 3000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 150 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENVILLE,SC PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 70 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PIREPS OF MDT-SVR TURBC OVR MTNS GIVEN TO PLT DRG WX BRFG.HIT MTN 5500FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15025
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.