- Date
- September 9, 1971
- Place
- Tipp City, OH · TIPP CITY, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7714YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163574
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1815 71/9/9 TIPP CITY,OHIO PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 1936 TIME - 0722 N7714Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 607 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JAMES M.COX DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CINCINNATI,OHIO TIPP CITY,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 25000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 67 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 315 9 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW PUBLISHED APCH MINIMUMS. HIT TREES 75 FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7714Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- James M.Cox
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