- Date
- February 12, 1965
- Place
- Pontiac, MI · PONTIAC, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3509ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180504
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0057 65/2/12 PONTIAC MICH PIPER PA-22 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 23, 2 TIME - 0440 N3509Z PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PONTIAC MUN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO FOG TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 35 140 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 7 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- INSTR.SAID PILOTS PROFICIENCY INADEQUATE FOR SOLO.ALCOHOL LEVEL-L.SEAT PILOT-120MG%.R.SEAT-127MG%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3509Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pontiac Mun
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