- Date
- March 15, 1977
- Place
- Charleston, SC · CHARLESTON, SC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N43216Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770315010179A
- Case key
- 157305
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0628 77/3/15 CHARLESTON,SC PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 601 TIME - 1208 N43216 PX- 0 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 508 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHARLESTON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILKES-BARRE,PA CHARLESTON,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- WND GUSTING 18K
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43216
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Charleston Muni
N43216Registration cancelled Sep 11, 2012 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N43216 · 1
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