- Date
- May 22, 1976
- Place
- Snoqualamie Ps, WA · SNOQUALAMIE PS, WA
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N55033Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760522016209A
- Case key
- 154025
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1356 76/5/22 NR.SNOQUALAMIE PS,WA PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 1326 TIME - 0905 N55033 PX- 5 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EVERETT,WA SPOKANE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST COMPLETETELY ERRONEOUS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 39 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLEW INTO OBSCURED MTN SLOPE. WEA BRIEF 2 HRS BFOR DEP,PLT DIDNT UPDATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55033
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- 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.