- Date
- November 4, 1973
- Place
- Memphis, TN · MEMPHIS, TN
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N56068Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731104034979A
- Case key
- 187780
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4134 73/11/4 MEMPHIS,TENN PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 860 TIME - 1835 N56068 PX- 0 0 5 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEMPHIS INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BIRMINGHAM,ALA NEWPORT,ARK MEMPHIS,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 61 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 350 2 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT OBSVD MOMENTARY GLIMPSES OF LGTS OUT OF WINDOW.HIT TREES 3MI SHORT OF RWY.LGTS WERE HOUSE LGTS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56068
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Memphis Intl
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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