- Date
- September 22, 1977
- Place
- Williamson, WV · WILLIAMSON, WV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8653CPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770922039469A
- Case key
- 144606
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3642 77/9/22 WILLIAMSON WV PIPER PA-32R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0910 N8653C PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 56, 1730 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 290 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MINGO COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLIAMSON WV LYNCHBURG,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-FAILED TO MAINTAIN POSITIVE RATE-OF-CLIMB FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 53 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8653C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mingo County
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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.