- Date
- July 6, 1978
- Place
- Deep Gap, NC · DEEP GAP, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N43087Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780706021299A
- Case key
- 141380
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1710 78/7/6 DEEP GAP,NC PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 679 TIME - 1215 N43087 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 304 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KNIGHTDALE,NC BOONE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 72 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- CONTACTED TREES NR TOP OF RIDGE IN APRX LEVEL FLT.LOW VIS IN FOG AT ARPT & ACDT SITE.FOUND 7/7/78.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43087
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Boone-Blowing Rk
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N43087 · 1
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