- Date
- April 16, 1976
- Place
- Princeton, TX · PRINCETON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5424YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760416031239A
- Case key
- 154223
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2588 76/4/16 NR.PRINCETON,TX PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 8187 TIME - 1455 N5424Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1101 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAVON NORTH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKWALL,TX CHANUTE,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 67 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 160 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT THOUGHT FLT ATTITUDE IND WAS MALFUNCTIONING FROM PRIOR FLT, DIDN'T TRUST IT ENOUGH TO USE IT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5424Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lavon North
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.