- Date
- August 7, 1978
- Place
- East Hampton, NY · EAST HAMPTON, NY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9093YPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report January 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780807041479A
- Case key
- 139337
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3499 78/8/7 EAST HAMPTON,NY PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0033 N9093Y PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 41, 2507 TOTAL HOURS, 150 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAST HAMPTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELMIRA,NY EAST HAMPTON,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES GROUND FOG 220 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PLT TRANSITIONED FM VISUAL REFERENCE TO INSTRUMENT REFERENCE,ENCTRD GND FOG AFTER MDA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9093Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- East Hampton
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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.