- Date
- January 24, 1967
- Place
- Belleville, MI · BELLEVILLE, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3773WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201146
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0950 67/1/24 BELLEVILLE,MICH PIPER PA-32 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1557 N3773W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 66, 10028 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LARSEN AIRPARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL 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 OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 46 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 60 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- NO INST.RATNG.COMB BUS,PLSR,INSTRTN FLT.PLTS CONTINUED DESPTE REPORTED+FCST ZERO-ZERO WX AT DESTN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3773W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Larsen Airpark