- Date
- December 23, 1969
- Place
- Crossville, TN · CROSSVILLE, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7884YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149425
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3739 69/12/23 CROSSVILLE,TENN PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 5292 TIME - 1233 N7884Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 571 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MURRAY,KY CROSSVILLE,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-PROPELLER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 210 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 9 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- RCVRY DATE 1/2/70.M404 ON APCH AHEAD OF N7884Y RPTD HVY ICING.N7884Y NOT EQPD WING,PROP DE-ICING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7884Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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