- Date
- May 4, 1974
- Place
- Bay St Louis, MS · BAY ST LOUIS, MS
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N54413Piper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740504013669A
- Case key
- 186111
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1037 74/5/4 NR.BAY ST LOUIS,MISS PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 300 TIME - 2106 N54413 PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW ORLEANS,LA TALLAHASSEE,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- OUTER WINGS AND STABILATOR TIPS SEP INFLT.PLT ADVSD IN BUMPY SPOT RTRNG NEW.PLT RCVD 5 WX BRIEFING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54413
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.