- Date
- September 3, 1973
- Place
- Oakridge, OR · OAKRIDGE, OR
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4576TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730903029399A
- Case key
- 188694
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2473 73/9/3 OAKRIDGE,OREG PIPER PA-28 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1526 N4576T PX- 1 0 0 DUAL 33, 4666 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUGENE,OREG LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT IN COMMAND PRESUMED AT CONTROLS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4576T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- 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.