- Date
- December 16, 1966
- Place
- Bloomington, IL · BLOOMINGTON, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8162YPiper PA-30B
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120134
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1193 66/12/16 BLOOMINGTON ILL PIPER PA-30B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 9850 TIME - 2350 N8162Y PX- 0 1 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 525 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: ALTIMETERS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 33 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW PUBLISHED LNDG MINIMUMS. 30 FT INSTRUMENT ERROR PLUS LAG IN ALTIMETER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8162Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bloomington.Norma
N8162YRegistration cancelled Dec 23, 2009 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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Other investigations on N8162Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.