- Date
- February 22, 1978
- Place
- Oak Harbor, WA · OAK HARBOR, WA
- Injuries
- 7 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6992JPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780222003189A
- Case key
- 143750
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0253 78/2/22 NR.OAK HARBOR,WA PIPER PA-32R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2135 N6992J PX- 6 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 42, 532 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 11 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AULT FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COMOX,B.C. SEATTLE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: GENERATORS/ALTERNATORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ARCING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 46 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 170 2 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- ALTERNATOR DISCONNECT AT OUTPUT TERMINAL.PLT 12 HOURS TRIP TIME AT ACCDT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6992J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ault Field
N6992JRegistration cancelled Aug 14, 2013 · Piper PA-32R-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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