- Date
- August 24, 1972
- Place
- West Union, OH · WEST UNION, OH
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N481PPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167888
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3101 72/8/24 WEST UNION,OHIO PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 320 TIME - 1455 N481P PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 175 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLSTON,W VA MUNCIE,IND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- HIT HIDDEN DECLEVITY DRG LDG ON GOLF COURSE FAIRWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N481P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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