- Date
- December 14, 1975
- Place
- Erie, PA · ERIE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N393HPPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751214042719A
- Case key
- 152070
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4113 75/12/14 ERIE,PA PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 1258 TIME - 1045 N393HP PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 21 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ERIE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ERIE,PA PITTSBURGH,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 190 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 22 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD IN STEEP CLB AFTR WHAT APPEARED AS A LOW PASS.ACFT THEN PITCHED OVR INTO STEEP DIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N393HP
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Erie
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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.