- Date
- November 24, 1977
- Place
- Beckley, WV · BECKLEY, WV
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N801HDPiper PA-31T
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771124043429A
- Case key
- 144206
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4132 77/11/24 BECKLEY,WV PIPER PA-31T CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1105 N801HD PX- 5 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 43, 6500 TOTAL HOURS, 232 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RALEIGH COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DUPAGE,IL BECKLEY,WV TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND 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 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 350 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 13 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- STEEL REINFORCED CONCRETE WALL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N801HD
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Raleigh 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.