- Date
- October 15, 1968
- Place
- Colby, KS · COLBY, KS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6515YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192093
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4607 68/10/15 COLBY,KANS PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 6000 TIME - 2104 N6515Y PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLBY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED FLIGHT INTO KNOWN AREAS OF SEVERE TURBULENCE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- MAIL FLT.PLT FAILED TO ADHERE TO IFR CLEARANCE.PENETRATED KNOWN THUNDERSTORM AREA.NITE FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6515Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Colby
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