- Date
- December 1, 1978
- Place
- Eugene, OR · EUGENE, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5013WPiper PA-14
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781201039849A
- Case key
- 139145
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3509 78/12/1 EUGENE,OR PIPER PA-14 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 181 TIME - 1740 N5013W PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHRISTMAS VALLEY,OR INDEPENDENCE,OR 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - ADVERSE WINDS ALOFT WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 45 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- DATA PLOT SHOWS ACFT TURNED N BFR OUT OF MTMS.RADIOS FOUND OFF.PLT STATED FLT VFR ON TOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5013W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-14
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5013WRegistration cancelled Aug 10, 2012 · Piper PA-28-160Airframe modelPiper PA-28-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.