- Date
- August 21, 1979
- Place
- Raliegh, NC · RALIEGH, NC
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3080RPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790821026349A
- Case key
- 133834
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3499 79/8/21 RALIEGH,NC PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 67, 1014 TIME - 1710 N3080R PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 163 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RALIEGH-DURHAM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENSBORO,NC RALIEGH,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3080R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Raliegh-Durham
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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.