- Date
- June 22, 1980
- Place
- Couer D'Alene, ID · COUER D'ALENE, ID
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2204FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800622033739A
- Case key
- 131170
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0613 80/6/22 NR.COUER D'ALENE,ID PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1600 TIME - 1710 N2204F PX- 2 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COUER D'ALENE,ID LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HIT TREES DRG TURN OVR FRIENDS HOUSE.HOUSE LCTD IN VLY APRX 2000FT WIDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2204F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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