- Date
- October 18, 1976
- Place
- Elizabethville, PA · ELIZABETHVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55989Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761018041779A
- Case key
- 152510
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3190 76/10/18 NR.ELIZABETHVILLE,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 250 TIME - 0012 N55989 PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDDLETOWN PA NORTHUMBERLAND CO PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS SMOKE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DURING NIGHT FLT OVER MTN IN MARGINAL WX CONTD PLT FAILED TO MAINTAIN SAFE TERRAIN CLEARANCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55989
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.