- Date
- July 9, 1978
- Place
- Westerly, RI · WESTERLY, RI
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5254SPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780709030119A
- Case key
- 140856
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2424 78/7/9 WESTERLY,RI PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 1598 TIME - 2020 N5254S PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTERLY STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTERLY,RI RED HOOK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES GROUND FOG 220 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- IFR TKOF AT DUSK.RT WING STRUCK GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5254S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Westerly State
N5254SRegistration cancelled Aug 14, 2012 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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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.