- Date
- May 14, 1968
- Place
- Pellston, MI · PELLSTON, MI
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4307YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110617
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4839 68/5/14 PELLSTON,MICH PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 6784 TIME - 2146 N4307Y PX- 3 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 302 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EMMET COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO ADVISE OF UNSAFE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 55 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 130 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR SPECIAL VFR REMARKS- PLT ON DUTY OVER 16 HRS. WW189 NOT PASSED ON TO PLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4307Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Emmet County
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