- Date
- November 6, 1972
- Place
- Memphis, TN · MEMPHIS, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7684YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169155
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4058 72/11/6 MEMPHIS,TENN PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 7081 TIME - 1715 N7684Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1312 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEMPHIS INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEXINGTON,TENN MEMPHIS,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 56 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 100 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- FLEW INTO TREES APRX 1 MI FRM RWY.USED AUTOPILOT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7684Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Memphis Intl
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