- Date
- March 1, 1970
- Place
- Crescent, IA · CRESCENT, IA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7665JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 137375
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1117 70/3/1 CRESCENT,IOWA PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 466 TIME - 2014 N7665J PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 114 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EPPLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP DENVER,COLO DES MOINES,IOWA OMAHA,NEBR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 39 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 80 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW APCH MIN. STRUCK WIRES 3 MI FROM RWY. ACFT NOT G/S EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7665J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Eppley
N7665JRegistration cancelled Jul 19, 2018 · Piper PA-28R-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.