- Date
- October 20, 1979
- Place
- Rockingham, NC · ROCKINGHAM, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N40925Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791020030159A
- Case key
- 133158
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3414 79/10/20 NR.ROCKINGHAM,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 276 TIME - 2200 N40925 PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 253 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTER CO,IL ROCKINGHAM,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH HIGHWAY SIGN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40925
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N40925Registered now · Piper PA-28-151Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N40925 · 1
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