Piper PA-28 N44673

20 January 1978 · West Jefferson, North Carolina, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 20 January 1978 at about 17:30 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N44673 was involved in an accident during in flight near West Jefferson, North Carolina, United States. 4 people were on board and 3 were seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 20 January 1978 at 17:30
Classification: Accident
Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-28
Registration: N44673
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Myrtle Beach, Sc → Banner Elk, Nc
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 3-1894

People

3 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	3	1	0

Probable cause

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

PAX STATED ACFT BROKE OUT OF CLOUDS WITH MTN ONLY FEET AWAY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1894, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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