- Date
- October 27, 1980
- Place
- Lake Placid, NY · LAKE PLACID, NY
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N54563Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801027058739A
- Case key
- 128392
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3047 80/10/27 LAKE PLACID,NY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1425 N54563 PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 45, 3350 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2650 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE PLACID DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE PLACID,NY WHITE PLAINS,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 34 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54563
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Placid
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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.