- Date
- August 13, 1978
- Place
- Cassadaga, NY · CASSADAGA, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5841FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780813038139A
- Case key
- 140056
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2361 78/8/13 NR.CASSADAGA,NY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1915 N5841F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 23, 668 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 246 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JAMESTOWN,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- SIMULATED EMERG LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5841F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5841FRegistration cancelled Feb 1, 2013 · Piper PA-28-151Airframe modelPiper PA-28-151Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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