- Date
- August 31, 1977
- Place
- Greenwich, CT · GREENWICH, CT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3960XPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770831035349A
- Case key
- 146021
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3040 77/8/31 GREENWICH,CT PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 58, 5600 TIME - 0126 N3960X PX- 1 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTCHESTER CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITE PLAINS,NY CLIFFORD,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES HAZE 90 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3960X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Westchester Co
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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.