- Date
- November 15, 1981
- Place
- Mount Pocono, PA · MOUNT POCONO, PA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N178RBPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811115074109A
- Case key
- 122587
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3525 81/11/15 MOUNT POCONO,PA PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2112 N178RB PX- 3 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 22, 806 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 35 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POCONO MTNS MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MILLINOCKET,ME MOUNT POCONO,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 45 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 350 9 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- IMPACT APRX 480FT BLO MDA,NGT VOR APCH.PLT NA IFR ON AIR TAXI.WITNESSES ESTD CLG BTN 300 & 1000FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N178RB
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pocono Mtns Muni
N178RBRegistration cancelled Aug 6, 2013 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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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.