- Date
- April 6, 1965
- Place
- Flint, MI · FLINT, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6356PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179317
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0445 65/4/6 FLINT MICH PIPER PA-24 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2154 N6356P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 36, 405 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 191 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLINT BISHOP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 7000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 110 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ALTIMETER WAS SET TO 29.97 CORRECT SETTING 29.80 PUT AIRCRAFT 170 FT. LOW DURING ILS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6356P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Flint Bishop
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