- Date
- March 6, 1969
- Place
- Windom, MN · WINDOM, MN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6470YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190949
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0600 69/3/6 WINDOM,MINN PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 2281 TIME - 0230 N6470Y PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 1005 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WINDOM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 24 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- MAIL FLT.CONTACTED GRND WHILE ON BASE LEG.ELEVATION AT CRASH SITE APRX 100 FT HIGHER THAN ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6470Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Windom