- Date
- July 13, 1981
- Place
- Baggaley, PA · BAGGALEY, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6635WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810713045659A
- Case key
- 124713
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2018 81/7/13 BAGGALEY,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1117 TIME - 1910 N6635W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 800 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTMORELAND CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHMOND,IN LATROBE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 230 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- ENCTRD TSTM DRG TURN FOR BC ILS,LOST CTL,HIT TREES ON RIDGE.IN-FLT WX BRF BY CTR/TWR.WND GSTG 20KT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6635W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Westmoreland Co
N6635WRegistration cancelled Sep 26, 2013 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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