- Date
- August 24, 1975
- Place
- Decatur, MS · DECATUR, MS
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2019PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750824042089A
- Case key
- 151481
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3776 75/8/24 DECATUR,MS PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2145 N2019P PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 20, 1295 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 39 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERIDIAN,MS JACKSON,MS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RADAR CONTACT LOST ABT 20MIN AFTR DEP.TSTMS RPRTD BTN MERIDIAN & JACKSON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2019P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2019PRegistration cancelled Mar 15, 1976 · Piper PA-23-150Airframe modelPiper PA-23-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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