# NTSB FTW69A0052: Piper PA-31, N440VC, Jasper, TX, February 5, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 5, 1969
- Place: Jasper, TX · JASPER, TX
- Location: 30.9227° N, 93.9933° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jasper, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9227&lon=-93.9933&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report May 29, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191190
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW69A0052
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69A0052

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0592   69/2/5    JASPER,TEX          PIPER PA-31         CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 19320
        TIME - 1930                    N440VC              PX-  1  1  0  CORP/EXEC                 TOTAL HOURS, 120 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - JASPER
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  600
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     DRIZZLE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     IFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- PLT OF ACFT IN VCNTY DIVERTED TO BEAUMONT BECAUSE OF LOW CIG AND POOR VIS COND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N440VC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N440VC-1969-05-20), registration cancelled 1969-05-20, S/N 31-328 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-31
- Registry model: [Piper PA-31](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31) (registry code 7103103) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Jasper

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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