- Date
- January 6, 1978
- Place
- Campbellsville, KY · CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8791PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780106000079A
- Case key
- 143573
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0021 78/1/6 CAMPBELLSVILLE,KY PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 640 TIME - 2100 N8791P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 622 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TAYLOR COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINNSBORO,LA CAMPBELLSVILLE,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED LDG IN FOG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8791P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Taylor 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.