- Date
- December 7, 1980
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N29242Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801207089389A
- Case key
- 127499
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3588 80/12/7 JAMAICA,NY PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 165 TIME - 1830 N29242 PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JF KENNEDY INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ATLANTIC CITY,NJ LAWRENCE,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-INADVERTENT PENETRATION OF CLOUDS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 2100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DMG & INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.ACFT NOT RCVRD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29242
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Jf Kennedy Intl
N29242Registration cancelled Oct 19, 2012 · Piper PA-28RT-201Airframe modelPiper PA-28RT-201Engine modelLycoming I0360 SER A&C
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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.