- Date
- March 25, 1977
- Place
- Morgantown, WV · MORGANTOWN, WV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1500JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770325009199A
- Case key
- 157601
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0558 77/3/25 MORGANTOWN,WV PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 184 TIME - 1545 N1500J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 117 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORGANTOWN,WV CHARLESTON,WV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS WHILE LOW AND SLOW
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1500J
- 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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