- Date
- November 29, 1978
- Place
- Charleston, SC · CHARLESTON, SC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9771CPiper PA32RT
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781129044599A
- Case key
- 138138
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4315 78/11/29 NR.CHARLESTON,SC PIPER PA32RT CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 670 TIME - 1617 N9771C PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 121 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ORLANDO,FL CHARLESTON,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 74 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- STUDENT PILOT NOT CURRENT OR QUALIFIED TO CARRY PASSENGERS OR FLY IFR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9771C
- Reported as
- Piper PA32RT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Charleston Afb
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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.