- Date
- July 19, 1976
- Place
- Winnsboro, LA · WINNSBORO, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4868YPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760719019859A
- Case key
- 154462
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1723 76/7/19 WINNSBORO,LA PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 6000 TIME - 1500 N4868Y PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIDDIEVILLE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PILOT DISTRACTED BY OPEN DOOR,DESCENDED INTO TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4868Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4868Y · 1
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