- Date
- January 14, 1974
- Place
- Decatur, AL · DECATUR, AL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7739YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740114002249A
- Case key
- 187156
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0174 74/1/14 DECATUR,ALA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 2000 TIME - 1000 N7739Y PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1210 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRYOR FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUSCALOOSA,ALA DECATUR,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- INADVERTENT DSCNT BLO MDA.HIT TELEPHONE WIRES AND POWERLINE APRX 1/4 MI SSW OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7739Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pryor Field
N7739YRegistration cancelled Jan 8, 2013 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7739Y · 1
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