- Date
- January 13, 1972
- Place
- Paradise, WA · PARADISE, WA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N3025RPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19720113000019A
- Case key
- 165083
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0571 72/1/13 PARADISE,WASH PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 3800 TIME - 1815 N3025R PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PASCO,WASH SEATTLE,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES BLOWING SNOW 260 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 12 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- IMPACTED MT RANIER AT 6400 FT MSL,3 MI SSE OF 14408-FT PEAK.RECOVERY DATE 9/16/92.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3025R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.