- Date
- May 8, 1971
- Place
- Beverly, OH · BEVERLY, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N95115Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161173
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0184 71/5/8 BEVERLY,OHIO PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 46, 39 TOTAL TIME - 0830 N95115 PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOLEDO,OHIO PARKERSBURG,W VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT TOLD I/P HE CHECKED WX.I/P DID NOT CHECK WX.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95115
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed