- Date
- April 21, 1966
- Place
- Gilmer, TX · GILMER, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7651WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172355
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0215 66/4/21 GILMER TEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2005 N7651W PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 45, 1688 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 171 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO ADVISE OF UNSAFE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) DRIZZLE TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 52 60 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOTS OCCUPATION-AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7651W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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