- Date
- November 9, 1969
- Place
- Muscatine, IA · MUSCATINE, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4696JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 150079
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4371 69/11/9 MUSCATINE,IOWA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0300 N4696J PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 30, 1600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MUSCATINE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INTL FALLS,MINN MUSCATINE,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES GROUND FOG 200 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 2 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- FLEW INTO GRND FOG. STRUCK DITCH NEXT TO RWY. PLTS BASE,KNEW FOG WAS COMMON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4696J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Muscatine
N4696JRegistered now · Piper PA-28R-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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