- Date
- September 29, 1979
- Place
- Greensboro, NC · GREENSBORO, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6378YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790929042409A
- Case key
- 133209
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3344 79/9/29 GREENSBORO,NC PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 892 TIME - 0045 N6378Y PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREENSBORO-HIGHPT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PHILADELPHIA,PA WINSTON-SALEM,NC RICHMOND,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE 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 3/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CRASHED INSIDE OM DRG ILS APCH.PLT STATED HE PASSED OUT.FATAL CARDIAC ARREST 10.5HR LATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6378Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Greensboro-Highpt
N6378YRegistration cancelled Jan 12, 1982 · Piper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)
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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.