- Date
- July 22, 1969
- Place
- Sulphur, LA · SULPHUR, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3583APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170234
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2381 69/7/22 SULPHUR LA PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 300 TIME - 1045 N3583A PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 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 PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 112 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3583A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3583ARegistration cancelled Jan 5, 2011 · Piper PA-22-135Airframe modelPiper PA-22-135Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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