- Date
- December 21, 1970
- Place
- Clarksburg, WV · CLARKSBURG, WV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7689PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159366
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2392 70/12/21 CLARKSBURG,W VA PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 982 TIME - 1800 N7689P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 649 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BENEDUM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDIANAPOLIS,IND CLARKSBURG,W VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 37 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 330 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW PUBLISHED APCH MIN DURING SECOND ATTEMPT. HIT TREES ON HILL.RECOVERY DATE 12/22/70
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7689P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Benedum
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