- Date
- December 18, 1976
- Place
- Ligonier, PA · LIGONIER, PA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N15852Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 157091
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4173 76/12/18 LIGONIER,PA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 1514 TIME - 1230 N15852 PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LATROBE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCRANTON,PA LIGONIER,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- CAUSE OF ELECT PWR FAILURE NOT DETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15852
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Latrobe
N15852Registration cancelled Sep 5, 2014 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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Other investigations on N15852 · 1
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