- Date
- June 26, 1980
- Place
- Granite, OR · GRANITE, OR
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N39691Piper PA32RT
- Status
- Completed · report August 6, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800626037079A
- Case key
- 129763
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0630 80/6/26 NR.GRANITE,OR PIPER PA32RT CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 516 TIME - 1000 N39691 PX- 3 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 245 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOISE,ID NEWBERG,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 30 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 30 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- PLT HAD APPOINTMENT AT DEST 2HRS AFTR TIME OF ACCIDENT.WIND GUSTING 40K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39691
- Reported as
- Piper PA32RT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N39691Registration cancelled Dec 6, 1982 · Piper PA-32RT-300TAirframe modelPiper PA-32RT-300TEngine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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