- Date
- June 13, 1977
- Place
- Valdosta, GA · VALDOSTA, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5827HPiper PA-16
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770613025119A
- Case key
- 147188
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1779 77/6/13 VALDOSTA,GA PIPER PA-16 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 1350 TIME - 1855 N5827H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VALDOSTA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COCHRAN,GA VALDOSTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5827H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Valdosta Muni
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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.