- Date
- September 19, 1974
- Place
- Riverside, CA · RIVERSIDE, CA
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N15528Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740919036789A
- Case key
- 138875
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3219 74/9/19 RIVERSIDE,CALIF PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 916 TIME - 0350 N15528 PX- 4 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIVERSIDE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NEV RIVERSIDE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT CONSUMED BY FIRE.2 CABLES HIT.PLT DSCND BLO MDA ON 3RD VOR APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15528
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Riverside Muni
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Other investigations on N15528 · 1
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