- Date
- October 27, 1977
- Place
- Morganton, NC · MORGANTON, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5250YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771027042629A
- Case key
- 144131
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3935 77/10/27 MORGANTON,NC PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 1984 TIME - 1933 N5250Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 128 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORGANTON LENOIR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEXINGTON,NC MORGANTON,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- NO APPROACH CHARTS FOR MRN.OBTAINED APCH DATA FRM ATC.CRASHED DRG 2ND APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5250Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Morganton Lenoir
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5250Y · 1
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