- Date
- December 15, 1965
- Place
- Alexandria, LA · ALEXANDRIA, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3341WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174913
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0888 65/12/15 ALEXANDRIA LA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1840 N3341W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 38, 4565 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 250 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ESLER FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 61 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3341W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Esler Field
N3341WRegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2018 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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