- Date
- April 23, 1971
- Place
- Charlotte, NC · CHARLOTTE, NC
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9388PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160171
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0371 71/4/23 CHARLOTTE,NC PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 800 TIME - 2130 N9388P PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEVELAND,OHIO JACKSONVILLE,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- TWR ADVSD EXPECT ILS,PLT PLANNED VOR APCH.OVERFLEW APCH LEG OF RWY,DRG INTERCEPT VECTOR HIT TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9388P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Douglas Mun.
N9388PRegistration cancelled May 22, 2013 · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.