- Date
- December 11, 1970
- Place
- Belzoni, MS · BELZONI, MS
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6486YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159365
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2391 70/12/11 BELZONI,MISS PIPER PA-23 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 1008 TIME - 2115 N6486Y PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 267 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BELZONI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BELZONI,MISS MONROE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- INITIAL IMPACT APRX 1230FT W OF RWY.GR IN TRANSIT. FLT PHASE UNKN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6486Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Belzoni
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