- Date
- March 2, 1978
- Place
- Waco, GA · WACO, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7428YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780302015269A
- Case key
- 143448
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0964 78/3/2 NR.WACO,GA PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 371 TIME - 1945 N7428Y PX- 1 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST GEORGIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARROLLTON,GA ALABASTER,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 33 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- ACFT NOT EQUIPPED WITH ANTI-ICING OR DE-ICING SYSTEMS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7428Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- West Georgia
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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.