- Date
- August 15, 1969
- Place
- Hot Springs, VA · HOT SPRINGS, VA
- Injuries
- 5 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3832PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161837
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3435 69/8/15 HOT SPRINGS,VA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 179 TIME - 2208 N3832P PX- 0 4 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 159 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - INGALLS FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WOODBRIDGE ARPT,VA MARION,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 60 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 155 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- HIT CLIFF 275 FT FROM AND 35 FT BELOW APCH END OF RNWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3832P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ingalls Field
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