- Date
- April 1, 1979
- Place
- Allaire, NJ · ALLAIRE, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4897TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790401007489A
- Case key
- 137305
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0370 79/4/1 ALLAIRE,NJ PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 68 TOTAL TIME - 1951 N4897T PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLTS NECK,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 46 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4897T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4897T · 1
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