- Date
- July 31, 1977
- Place
- Basye, VA · BASYE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1832JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770731022389A
- Case key
- 146199
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1921 77/7/31 BASYE,VA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 165 TIME - 1545 N1832J PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY BRYCE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BASYE,VA LANCASTER,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - HIGH TEMPERATURE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 90 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 140 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- RISING TERRAIN SURROUNDING AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1832J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sky Bryce
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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.