- Date
- November 29, 1981
- Place
- Longview, WA · LONGVIEW, WA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N54440Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811129076849A
- Case key
- 123458
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2727 81/11/29 NR.LONGVIEW,WA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 315 TIME - 1300 N54440 PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ILWACO,WA VANCOUVER,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54440
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
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