- Date
- April 9, 1978
- Place
- Edenton, NC · EDENTON, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8726WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780409014079A
- Case key
- 142390
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1081 78/4/9 EDENTON,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 2100 TIME - 1848 N8726W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 744 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KILL DEVIL HILLS,NC PLYMOUTH,NC NORFOLK,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRECTING LENSES-NOT USED WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 49 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FOG AT DEST ARPT.CRASHED HDG NE,NORTH OF EDENTON ARPT.BLOOD-ALCOHOL LVL 120MG%.ACFT FND 4/10/78.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8726W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Edenton Municipal
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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.