- Date
- June 15, 1980
- Place
- Lihue, HI · LIHUE, HI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2564QPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800615088439A
- Case key
- 130344
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3267 80/6/15 NR.LIHUE,HI PIPER PA-34 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 1548 TIME - 1106 N2564Q PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 457 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONOLULU,HI LIHUE,HI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 40 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ATC FAILURE TO TRACK FLT TO TERMINATION OF RADAR SERVICE & ADVISE OF IMPENDING DANGER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2564Q
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lihue
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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.