- Date
- January 6, 1976
- Place
- Indiana, PA · INDIANA, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4561RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760106000089A
- Case key
- 152017
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0034 76/1/6 INDIANA,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 117 TIME - 2330 N4561R PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JIMMY STEWART DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARRISBURG,PA INDIANA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4561R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jimmy Stewart
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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.