- Date
- November 19, 1968
- Place
- Damascus, VA · DAMASCUS, VA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7141YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191933
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4622 68/11/19 DAMASCUS,VA PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 86 TOTAL TIME - 1145 N7141Y PX- 1 1 0 BUSINESS HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 30 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- INTENSE SNOW SQUALL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7141Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7141YRegistration cancelled May 6, 2019 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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