- Date
- June 17, 1969
- Place
- Ocean Drive B, SC · OCEAN DRIVE B, SC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8003YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171215
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2446 69/6/17 OCEAN DRIVE B,SC PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 4500 TIME - 0035 N8003Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MYRTLE BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENSBORO,NC NO.MYRTLE BEACH,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW PUBLISHED APCH MINIMUMS. LOW SCTD CLOUDS. WEA BRIEF FROM MILITARY RAPCON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8003Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Myrtle Beach
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