- Date
- April 14, 1975
- Place
- Patterson, GA · PATTERSON, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7873YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750414005579A
- Case key
- 148655
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0672 75/4/14 PATTERSON,GA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 5000 TIME - 1500 N7873Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JEKYLL ISLAND,GA DUBLIN,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES HAZE 30 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 2 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- STRUCK RADIO TOWER PARTIAL LOSS OF CONTROL DUE WING DAMAGE.FLT BY AUTOPILOT,PLT READING MAP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7873Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7873YRegistration cancelled May 9, 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 N7873Y · 1
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