- Date
- August 15, 1979
- Place
- Roanoke, VA · ROANOKE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N41856Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790815022069A
- Case key
- 133744
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3481 79/8/15 ROANOKE, VA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 93 TOTAL TIME - 2205 N41856 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROANOKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROANOKE, VA MARION,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 330 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 19 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CONTINUED FLT INTO MOUNTAIN AREA AFTR ENCOUNTERING DOWNDRAFT.FIRST NIGHT TKOF IN MTN AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41856
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Roanoke
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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.