- Date
- November 16, 1982, 10:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bethel, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2581RPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821116059709A
- Case key
- 69938
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Witnesses stated the aircraft made several low level passes over a farm house including flying under powerlines before colliding with a tree. The pilot, who was seriously injured could not remember the circumstances leading to the accident. Examination of the aircraft engine did not reveal descrepancies and indicated that the engine appeared capable of operating normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2581R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-5681
- Airframe hours
- 828
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James V. Roy,Inc.
- Registered owner
- James V. Roy,Inc.
- Departed
- Lebanon Valley, PA
- Destination
- Somerset, NJ
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,595 total · 1,588 in this make and model · 1,406 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.