- Date
- August 21, 1969
- Place
- Salisbury, NC · SALISBURY, NC
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7910WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 26, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164292
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2475 69/8/21 SALISBURY,NC PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 163 TIME - 1110 N7910W PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROWAN COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALISBURY,NC SALISBURY,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STRUCK TREES DURING RECOVERY FROM LOW ALT SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7910W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rowan County
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