- Date
- February 12, 1970
- Place
- Chantilly, VA · CHANTILLY, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5589UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 136253
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0935 70/2/12 CHANTILLY,VA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2200 N5589U PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 45, 641 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 208 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DULLES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARTINSBURG,W VA CHANTILLY,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE REMARKS- PLT WAS MAKING PRACTICE ILS,LANDED WO FURTHER DMG.DC-3 LANDED APRXLY 2 MIN PRIOR.R XWIND 3K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5589U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dulles
N5589URegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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