- Date
- May 26, 1977
- Place
- Bridgeport, WV · BRIDGEPORT, WV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1153HPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770526023049A
- Case key
- 147179
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1764 77/5/26 BRIDGEPORT,WV PIPER PA-34 CR- 1 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0050 N1153H PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 24, 2171 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 116 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BENEDUM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRIDGEPORT,WV NEW YORK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKSHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 60 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 2 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- NO.3 MAIN BEARING JOURNAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1153H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Benedum
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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.