- Date
- October 27, 1982, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Buckingham, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4956LPiper PA-28-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821027056789A
- Case key
- 70070
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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
Aircraft collided with a tree during one of several low passes. Pilot said he had temporary power loss. Witnesses said his passes were at high speed, high power with no sign of engine trouble. He made a seccessful landing back at departure point with damaged aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4956L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-4327
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cornell Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Cornell Flying Service
- Departed
- Warrington, PA
- Destination
- Warrington, PA
- Airport
- Warrington
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 130 total · 130 in this make and model · 86 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 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.