- Date
- December 11, 1973
- Place
- Millboro, VA · MILLBORO, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1905TPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731211042349A
- Case key
- 187395
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3977 73/12/11 MILLBORO,VA PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0055 N1905T PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 49, 13110 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 110 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHMOND,VA CHARLESTON,W VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. SYSTEMS - ANTI-ICING,DE-ICING SYSTEMS: PITOT ANTI-ICE SYSTEM INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: DIRECTIONAL GYRO MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- PLT ASKED PLT OTR ACFT WHERE ALT STATIC SOURCE WAS.PITOT HEAT FOUND OFF.ICE CAUTION IN FLT MANUAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1905T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.