- Date
- February 23, 1979
- Place
- Baltimore, MD · BALTIMORE, MD
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6123APiper PA-31T
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790223020249A
- Case key
- 136369
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2872 79/2/23 BALTIMORE, MD PIPER PA-31T CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1958 N6123A PX- 1 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 46, 6522 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 136 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLT-WASH INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LYNCHBURG,VA BALTIMORE, MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 70 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT WIRES DRG APCH TO MARTIN ARPT,DIVERTED TO BWI TRAILING 1500FT OF WIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6123A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Blt-Wash Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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