- Date
- July 4, 1971
- Place
- Philo, IL · PHILO, IL
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9120PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162147
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3526 71/7/4 PHILO,ILL PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2300 N9120P PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 28, 1058 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 55 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SIOUX CITY,IOWA CINCINNATI,OHIO 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- FLEW INTO KNOWN TSTM COND. RECOVERY DATE 7/5/71.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9120P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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