- Date
- March 17, 1980
- Place
- East Freedom, PA · EAST FREEDOM, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9226PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800317014459A
- Case key
- 131604
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1682 80/3/17 EAST FREEDOM,PA PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 17000 TIME - 1430 N9226P PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLUSHING,NY JOHNSTOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - PARTIAL BRIEFING BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE/RADIO, LIMITED BY PILOT ACTION WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 46 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- WINDS GUSTING 25KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9226P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9226PRegistration cancelled Mar 23, 2018 · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine 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.