- Date
- April 7, 1976
- Place
- Dalton, GA · DALTON, GA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N41481Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760407009259A
- Case key
- 153830
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1252 76/4/7 DALTON,GA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 893 TIME - 1824 N41481 PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DALTON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTGOMERY,AL DALTON,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41481
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dalton Muni
N41481Registration cancelled Nov 12, 2013 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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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.
Other investigations on N41481 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA95FA145Accident · 6 fatalField investigationFinal reportGainesville, FLThe pilot's loss of aircraft control due to spatial disorientation after continuing the VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Factors relating to the accident were: the existing weather conditions and dark night that contributed to the pilot's…NTSB MIA75FKJ27Accident · No injuriesClosedTarrant City, AL