Piper PA-24 N8179P
13 May 1979 · Welch, West Virginia, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 13 May 1979 at about 11:05 local time, a Piper PA-24 registered N8179P was involved in an accident during in flight near Welch, West Virginia, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 11:05
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Welch, West Virginia, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-24
- Registration
- N8179P
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Dublin, Va → Welch, Wv
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1840
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 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
GENERAL DISINTEGRATION.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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