- Date
- October 10, 1970
- Place
- Douglas, WY · DOUGLAS, WY
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4796SPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170506
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1925 70/10/10 DOUGLAS,WYO PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0810 N4796S PX- 4 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 41, 6513 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RAPID CITY,S DAK CASPER,WYO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 10/18/70.ATTEMPTED LETDOWN WITHOUT APCH PLATES.BECAME LOST.STRUCK MNTN FACE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4796S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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