- Date
- March 15, 1976
- Place
- Hope, AR · HOPE, AR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4855PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760315032609A
- Case key
- 154238
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2959 76/3/15 NR.HOPE,AR PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 1552 TIME - 0440 N4855P PX- 1 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOPE,AR TEXARKANA,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 52 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- PLT TOTL FLT TM IN TYPE 6 HRS,INSTRMNT TM LAST 2 YRS 6 HRS,NONE IN LAST 8 MOS.RECOVERED SAME DATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4855P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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