- Date
- October 26, 1977
- Place
- Randolph, NJ · RANDOLPH, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3QAPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771026036569A
- Case key
- 145226
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3016 77/10/26 RANDOLPH,NJ PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 533 TIME - 1341 N3QA PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLANDERS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WELLSBORO,PA TETERBORO,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT HAD ELT ANTENNA INSTALLED,HOWEVER ELT WAS NOT FOUND.HIT SUPPORTING CABLE ABT 300FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3QA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Flanders
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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.