- Date
- November 16, 1978
- Place
- Bowie, MD · BOWIE, MD
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6147PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781116041049A
- Case key
- 138448
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3972 78/11/16 BOWIE,MD PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 1402 TIME - 0558 N6147P PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 223 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FREEWAY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOWIE,MD JACKSONVILLE,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-FAILED TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: ATTITUDE GYRO INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: RATE OF CLIMB MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INCORRECT TRIM SETTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE REMARKS- NOT INST/NITE CURRENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6147P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Freeway
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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.