- Date
- September 1, 1981
- Place
- Ltl Diomede Is, AK · LTL DIOMEDE IS, AK
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N14348Piper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810901090029A
- Case key
- 123575
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3630 81/9/1 LTL DIOMEDE IS,AK PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 2637 TIME - 2025 N14348 PX- 2 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 198 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NOME,AK NOME,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 350 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SIGHT-SEEING FLT.LCL PLTS STTD COMMON TECHNIQUE FLY JUST ABV WTR SFC WHLE APP IS TILL ENCNTG BRDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14348
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N14348 · 1
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