- Date
- April 18, 1979
- Place
- Rich, MS · RICH, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8758YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790418021989A
- Case key
- 135818
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1466 79/4/18 NR.RICH,MS PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 11000 TIME - UNK/NR N8758Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 510 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP OXFORD,MS CLARKSDALE,MS MEMPHIS,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- PLT REPORTED GEAR PROBLEM.DIVERTED TO HOME STATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8758Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.