- Date
- April 19, 1978
- Place
- California, MD · CALIFORNIA, MD
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4448XPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780419029099A
- Case key
- 142158
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2018 78/4/19 CALIFORNIA,MD PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2119 N4448X PX- 0 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 39, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST MARY'S COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE,MD CALIFORNIA,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BLO MDA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4448X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- St Mary'S County
N4448XRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 2012 · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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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.