- Date
- January 11, 1970
- Place
- Bay Minette, AL · BAY MINETTE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6661YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141628
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0126 70/1/11 BAY MINETTE,ALA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2110 N6661Y PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 38, 12380 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 3500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAY MINETTE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NEW ORLEANS,LA PENSACOLA,FLA BAY MINETTE,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 54 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- ATTEMPTED APCH TO FLD WITH NO LETDOWN AIDS IN MARGINAL VFR CONDITIONS AT NITE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6661Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bay Minette
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