- Date
- January 4, 1980
- Place
- Hickory, NC · HICKORY, NC
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N36390Piper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800104007309A
- Case key
- 132306
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0072 80/1/4 HICKORY,NC PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 428 TIME - 1445 N36390 PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 293 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HICKORY MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POMPANO BEACH,FL HICKORY,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 34 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO FORECAST ICING CONDITIONS.LNDD WITH ICE ON WINGS AND TAIL SURFACES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36390
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hickory Municipal
N36390Registered now · Piper PA-32RT-300TAirframe modelPiper PA-32RT-300TEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N36390 · 1
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