- Date
- November 25, 1979
- Place
- Anniston, AL · ANNISTON, AL
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5RJPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791125042159A
- Case key
- 133892
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1843 79/11/25 NR.ANNISTON,AL PIPER PA-32R CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2250 N5RJ PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 20, 520 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BIRMINGHA ,AL ANNISTON,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT COPILOT - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT MADE APPROACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5RJ
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Anniston-Calhoun
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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.