- Date
- October 20, 1970
- Place
- Fort Wayne, IN · FORT WAYNE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6637LPiper PA-31A
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201433
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1655 70/10/20 FORT WAYNE,IND PIPER PA-31A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1545 TIME - 1138 N6637L PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 495 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SMITH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLOTTE,MICH FORT WAYNE,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 50 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW PUBLISHED APCH MIN. LOST CTL DURING STEEP LOW ALT TURN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6637L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Smith
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