- Date
- June 12, 1976
- Place
- West Liberty, KY · WEST LIBERTY, KY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N852PSPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760612018939A
- Case key
- 154037
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1380 76/6/12 WEST LIBERTY,KY PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 714 TIME - 0620 N852PS PX- 1 1 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 121 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WEST LIBERTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST LIBERTY,KY TORONTO,CAN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 68 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- STRUCK TREES 1800FT WSW OF RWY APRX 100FT ABV RWY ELEV.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N852PS
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- West Liberty
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N852PS · 1
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