- Date
- March 14, 1981
- Place
- Astoria, OR · ASTORIA, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2853TPiper PA28RT
- Status
- Completed · report April 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810314009709A
- Case key
- 127354
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0292 81/3/14 ASTORIA,OR PIPER PA28RT CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 302 TIME - 1437 N2853T PX- 1 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 83 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLATSOP COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AURORA,OR ASTORIA,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE REMARKS- ENCOUNTERED ROTORWASH FROM S-61 TYPE HELO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2853T
- Reported as
- Piper PA28RT
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Clatsop County
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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.