- Date
- August 28, 1979
- Place
- East Quogue, NY · EAST QUOGUE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2080WPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133842
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3988 79/8/28 EAST QUOGUE,NY PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1958 N2080W PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 33, 3544 TOTAL HOURS, 310 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUFFOLK COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGDALE,NY EAST QUOGUE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH 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 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 210 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ILS RWY 24 APCH.HIT TREES APRX 2MI NE OF ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2080W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Suffolk County
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