- Date
- March 10, 1979
- Place
- Springfield, VT · SPRINGFIELD, VT
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N27530Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790310011299A
- Case key
- 136999
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0808 79/3/10 SPRINGFIELD,VT PIPER PA-31 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2216 N27530 PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 43, 400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARTNESS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGDALE,NY SPRINGFIELD,VT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 37 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 37 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PUBLISHED MISSED APCH PROCEDURES NOT FOLLOWED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N27530
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hartness
N27530Registration cancelled Sep 21, 2012 · Piper PA-31-350Airframe modelPiper PA-31-350Engine 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.