- Date
- December 11, 1979
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N6171PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791211044079A
- Case key
- 132959
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3167 79/12/11 MISSING AIRCRAFT PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1026 TIME - UNK/NR N6171P PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALDWELL,ID OLYMPIA,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PLT DECLARED HEAVY ICING,UN MAINTAIN ALT.RADAR CONTACT LOST.ACFT DMG & INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6171P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6171PRegistration cancelled Feb 25, 2013 · Piper PA-24-180Airframe modelPiper PA-24-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6171P · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.