- Date
- November 18, 1968
- Place
- Charlottesvlle, VA · CHARLOTTESVLLE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5943YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191951
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4650 68/11/18 CHARLOTTESVLLE,VA PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0740 N5943Y PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 45, 12000 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1600 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHARLOTTESVILLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 56 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED LDG WITH WX BELOW PUBLISHED APCH MINIMA AT ARPT. WENT BELOW MINIMUM APCH ALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5943Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Charlottesville
N5943YRegistration cancelled May 14, 2010 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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