- Date
- January 18, 1980
- Place
- New Bern, NC · NEW BERN, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1376PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800118001189A
- Case key
- 132255
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0099 80/1/18 NEW BERN,NC PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 7050 TIME - 1911 N1376P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 537 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SIMMONS-NOTT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHAPEL HILL,NC NEW BERN,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 52 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- ARPT ALT SETTING-29.98.ACFT ALT SET-30.02.PLT ISSUED WAIVER FOR APHAKIA OF L EYE W 20/200 VISION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1376P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Simmons-Nott
N1376PRegistration cancelled Jul 16, 2013 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1376P · 1
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