- Date
- February 19, 1981
- Place
- Batavia, NY · BATAVIA, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2216DPiper PA-44
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810219006859A
- Case key
- 127061
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0831 81/2/19 BATAVIA,NY PIPER PA-44 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1917 N2216D PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 47, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 85 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GENESEE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MUSKEGON,MI BATAVIA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 210 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 4 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- CIRCLED TWICE OVER ARPT DRG VISUAL APCH.EVIDENCE OF PLASTER CAST ON PLT'S RIGHT HAND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2216D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-44
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Genesee County
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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.