- Date
- May 18, 1969
- Place
- Bowmanville, Canada · BOWMANVILLE,CAN, CD
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7050DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173365
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0079 69/5/18 BOWMANVILLE,CAN PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1600 N7050D PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 24, 126 TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOUNTAIN VIEW,CAN OSHAWA,CAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 49 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- HIT SMOKESTACK ABOUT 250 FT AGL. INVEST AND REPORTED BY GOVT OF CANADA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7050D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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