- Date
- June 26, 1973
- Place
- Cordova, MD · CORDOVA, MD
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8005YPiper PA-30B
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730626020789A
- Case key
- 189895
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3799 73/6/26 CORDOVA,MD PIPER PA-30B CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 5250 TIME - 0156 N8005Y PX- 0 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1100 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EASTON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BALTIMORE,MD EASTON,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- ATMTNG VFR APCH TO FOG CVRD AIRPORT.FLEW INTO FOG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8005Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Easton Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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