- Date
- April 4, 1977
- Place
- Latrobe, PA · LATROBE, PA
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7694LPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770404013429A
- Case key
- 157301
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0624 77/4/4 LATROBE,PA PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1942 N7694L PX- 0 0 6 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 28, 6231 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 1602 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LATROBE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PITTSBURGH,PA CUMBERLAND,MD LATROBE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO ASSURE THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 160 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- CABIN & COCKPIT LGTS DIMMED,BEACON & FLASHING STROBE LGTS ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7694L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Latrobe
N7694LRegistered now · Piper PA-31-350Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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