- Date
- July 24, 1967
- Place
- Accoville, WV · ACCOVILLE, WV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N110RPiper PA-18
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115848
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0551 67/7/24 ACCOVILLE,W VA PIPER PA-18 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 13000 TIME - 1415 N110R PX- 0 0 0 CTR PASSG-D TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- UNDER CONTRACT TO W.VA DEPT OF AGRICULTURE. FOREST SURVEY FLT.ACFT STRUCK TREE 60FT ABV ITS BASE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N110R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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