- Date
- July 3, 1976
- Place
- Hoquiam, WA · HOQUIAM, WA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9344DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 155145
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3324 76/7/3 NR.HOQUIAM,WA. PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 102 TIME - UNK/NR N9344D PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GLENEDEN BEACH,OR SHELDON,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 61 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 3/18/78.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9344D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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