- Date
- March 11, 1978
- Place
- Springdale, WA · SPRINGDALE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N32085Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780311006839A
- Case key
- 143233
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0511 78/3/11 SPRINGDALE,WA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 56, 49 TOTAL TIME - 1344 N32085 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EPHRATA,WA SPOKANE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- REQ NAV ASSISTANCE ON SOLO X-COUNTRY FLT TO DES.DID NOT SHUT DOWN,ATTEMPT FLT BACK,MTN TOPS OBSC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32085
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.