- Date
- June 24, 1966
- Place
- Stanton, ND · STANTON, ND
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8573PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171080
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2740 66/6/24 NR.STANTON N DAK PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 973 TIME - 1430 N8573P PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 886 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HAIL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - HAIL WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) HAIL, RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 135 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8573P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8573PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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