- Date
- November 13, 1969
- Place
- Blacklick, OH · BLACKLICK, OH
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N12JEPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149306
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3680 69/11/13 BLACKLICK,OHIO PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 398 TIME - 1936 N12JE PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 281 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT COLUMBUS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DETROIT,MICH COLUMBUS,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 33 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 11/14/69. DESCENDED BELOW G/S AT ALTERNATE ARPT LOCATED 10 MI FROM PLANNED DEST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12JE
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Port Columbus
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