- Date
- November 9, 1974
- Place
- Morgantown, WV · MORGANTOWN, WV
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6545JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741109042809A
- Case key
- 144499
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3950 74/11/9 MORGANTOWN,W VA PIPER PA-28 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 218 TIME - 1804 N6545J PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORGANTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANCASTER,PA MORGANTOWN,W VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - PARTIAL BRIEFING BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON, LIMITED BY PILOT ACTION WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 41 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 50 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- RPTD GO-ARND FM ILS APCH.LAST TX- RPTD INTENTION TO MAKE CONTACT APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6545J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Morgantown
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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.