- Date
- December 26, 1971
- Place
- Chesterfield, MO · CHESTERFIELD, MO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7756YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 80037
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4268 71/12/26 CHESTERFIELD,MO PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 873 TIME - 1850 N7756Y PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 165 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPIRIT OF ST LOUI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KIRKSVILLE,MO CHESTERFIELD,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RPRTD OM,FLD IN SGT,ENCNTD GNDFG,HIT GND SHORT OF RWY.LDG GR,FLAPS UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7756Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Spirit Of St Loui
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