- Date
- April 24, 1973
- Place
- Cumberland, MD · CUMBERLAND, MD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5557YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730424009899A
- Case key
- 190804
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0960 73/4/24 CUMBERLAND,MD PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 5000 TIME - 0805 N5557Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 199 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CUMBERLAND MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CUMBERLAND,MD JACKSONVILLE,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILED TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RUNWAY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 64 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- PLT TURNED INTO FOG SHROUDED HILL JUST AFTER TKOF FROM RWY INTERSECTION. FORMER MILITARY RATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5557Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cumberland Muni
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Other investigations on N5557Y · 1
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