- Date
- September 3, 1981
- Place
- Union Township, PA · UNION TOWNSHIP, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N62789Piper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810903065679A
- Case key
- 124712
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2016 81/9/3 UNION TOWNSHIP,PA PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 1362 TIME - 1600 N62789 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILMINGTON,NC JOHNSTOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 66 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 140 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH TREES AFTR BEING CLEARED FOR APPROACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62789
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Johnstown-Cambria
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.