- Date
- April 11, 1977
- Place
- Pinehurst, NC · PINEHURST, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4811LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770411007919A
- Case key
- 158000
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0994 77/4/11 PINEHURST,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 60, 876 TIME - 1430 N4811L PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 154 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FOXFIRE AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PINEHURST,NC GREENSBORO,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN WING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- AFT SUCCESSFUL EMER LNDG PLT MADE VISUAL CHECK OF EMG & DECIDED TO CONTINUE FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4811L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Foxfire Airpark
N4811LRegistration cancelled Jul 8, 2025 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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