Piper PA-34 N56122

2 August 1978 · Chesterfield, Virginia, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 2 August 1978 at about 23:03 local time, a Piper PA-34 registered N56122 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Chesterfield, Virginia, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 2 August 1978 at 23:03
Classification: Accident
Location: Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
Nearest airport: Chesterfield Co
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-34
Registration: N56122
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Washington, Dc → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-2100

People

3 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	3	0	0	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

WX-LOW CLOUDS WITH RESTRICTED VISIBILITY.LEFT SEAT PLT HAD EXPIRED MEDICAL & WAS NOT CURRENT.

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 3-2100, 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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