- Date
- January 6, 1966
- Place
- Franklin, IN · FRANKLIN, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5025YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173916
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0020 66/1/6 FRANKLIN IND PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2020 N5025Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 35, 1835 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 145 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 28 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR CONTROLLED VFR REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5025Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage