- Date
- October 13, 1968
- Place
- Osceola, IA · OSCEOLA, IA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9176WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192092
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4606 68/10/13 OSCEOLA,IOWA PIPER PA-28 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 342 TIME - 1352 N9176W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 329 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- CONTROL LOST WHILE ON IFR FLT.WINGS SEPARATED FROM ACFT.PLTS ACTUAL INST TIME REPORTED AS 1 HR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9176W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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