- Date
- July 16, 1975
- Place
- Benton, PA · BENTON, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4843LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750716022209A
- Case key
- 150306
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2116 75/7/16 BENTON,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 150 TIME - 1125 N4843L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALDWELL,NJ ULYSSES,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WITNESS IN AREA RPTD OVCST,MDT RAIN.FM PSN ON LAKE SHORE UN SEE OPPOSITE SHORE.ACFT HEARD NOT SEEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4843L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4843LRegistration cancelled Sep 9, 1975 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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