- Date
- April 8, 1965
- Place
- Grand Forks, ND · GRAND FORKS, ND
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4021PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179328
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0684 65/4/8 GRAND FORKS N DAK PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 2858 TIME - 0040 N4021P PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRAND FORKS INTL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PERSONNEL - WEATHER PERSONNEL: INCORRECT WEATHER FORECAST MISC-INACCURATE WX ADVISORY INFORMATION TO PILOT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 30 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 40 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-04/08/65.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4021P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Grand Forks Intl
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