- Date
- March 22, 1979
- Place
- Mobile, AL · MOBILE, AL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8529YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790322013059A
- Case key
- 137196
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1261 79/3/22 MOBILE,AL PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 350 TIME - 1847 N8529Y PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 230 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BATES FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PENSACOLA,FL MOBILE,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 140 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8529Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bates Field
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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.