- Date
- January 22, 1971
- Place
- Oakridge, OR · OAKRIDGE, OR
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8373RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132711
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0063 71/1/22 NR.OAKRIDGE,OREG PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N8373R PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 31, 226 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 8 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUGENE,OREG RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- IN OVCST APCHG 8000FT,IP REQD STUDENT MAKE 180 DEG TURN,DSCND OUT OF CLDS.HIT GND APRX 5600FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8373R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8373RRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2015 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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