Piper PA-32 N40012

Summary

On 27 February 1978 at about 13:29 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N40012 was involved in an accident during in flight near Myersville, Maryland, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 February 1978 at 13:29

Classification

Accident

Location

Myersville, Maryland, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-32

Registration

N40012

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Private Owner

Purpose of flight

Pleasure

Phase of flight

In Flight

Route

Hagerstown, Md → College Park, Md

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Daylight

NTSB number

3-0383

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AIRMET IN EFFECT PREDICTING MODERATE TURBULENCE.PLT STRUCK HEAD AGAINST AIRFRAME - BLINDED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.