- Date
- November 10, 1969
- Place
- Northlake, IL · NORTHLAKE, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3262WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148816
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3317 69/11/10 NORTHLAKE,ILL PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1250 N3262W PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 23, 989 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 46 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION W CHICAGO,ILL CHICAGO,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 100 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- CONTROL LOST AFTER RADAR CONTROLLER ADVISED PLT TO CHG HEADING AFTER OVERSHOOTING LOCALIZER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3262W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Midway
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