- Date
- January 28, 1981
- Place
- Port Angles, WA · PORT ANGLES, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3062DPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810128002119A
- Case key
- 127306
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0249 81/1/28 NR.PORT ANGLES,WA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 695 TIME - 1655 N3062D PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 552 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORT ANGLES,WA SEATTLE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRWAYS FACILITIES: VORTAC REMARKS- AIRWAY UNSUITABLE FOR NAV AT ASSIGNED ALT,REDUCED SIGNAL STRENGTH BEYOND 40NM.HIT MTN 6000FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3062D
- 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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