Piper PA-32 N44522
21 August 1979 · Hickory, North Carolina, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 21 August 1979 at about 22:35 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N44522, operated by Air Carolina, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Hickory, North Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 22:35
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Hickory, North Carolina, United States
- Nearest airport
- Hickory Municipal
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32
- Registration
- N44522
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Air Carolina
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Charlotte, Nc → S
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-3005
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 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.
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COLLIDED W APCH LGT TWRS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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