- Date
- April 17, 1981
- Place
- Hartford, NY · HARTFORD, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7435JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810417017959A
- Case key
- 125355
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3483 81/4/17 HARTFORD,NY PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 145 TIME - 1211 N7435J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRANKFORT,NY NEWPORT,NH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT AIRFRAME - WINGS: WINGTIPS AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS REMARKS- WITNESSES HEARD ACFT ABV CLOUDS SOUNDING LIKE IT WAS DOING AEROBATICS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7435J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7435JRegistration cancelled May 8, 2013 · Piper PA-28R-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7435J · 1
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