- Date
- October 9, 1979
- Place
- Uniontown, PA · UNIONTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9277YPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791009043719A
- Case key
- 133203
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3519 79/10/9 NR.UNIONTOWN,PA PIPER PA-31 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 58, 4338 TIME - 1745 N9277Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CONNELLSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST MUFFLIN,PA CONNELLSVILLE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRWAYS FACILITIES: H. FACILITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 48 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 320 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ADF GND LINE INTMT.VCTRD TO ADF FM N AT 5000FT,CLRD FOR APCH.MIN ALT,PROC TURN 3500FT.MTNTPS OBSCD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9277Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Connellsville
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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.