- Date
- May 16, 1969
- Place
- Fairview, NC · FAIRVIEW, NC
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8347WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 14, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175473
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1852 69/5/16 FAIRVIEW,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 818 TIME - 1458 N8347W PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 203 IN TYPE, 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 - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION SYSTEMS - OTHER SYSTEMS: VACUUM SYSTEM FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 66 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- PLT RPRTD FAILURE VACUUM SYS,LOSS OF ATTITUDE INSTS WHILE IFR AT 10,000FT. DELAYED DECLARING EMERG
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8347W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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