- Date
- February 19, 1971
- Place
- Guthrie Cntr, IA · GUTHRIE CNTR, IA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4806SPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160175
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0382 71/2/19 GUTHRIE CNTR,IOWA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 209 TIME - 0905 N4806S PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 96 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GUTHRIE CENTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WEBSTER CITY,IOWA HOT SPRINGS,ARK HARRISON,ARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- RCVD 4 WX BRIEFINGS PRIOR TO FLT.HIT TREE FLYING UNDER OVC.PROCEEDED TO ATLANTIC,IOWA,LNDD SAFELY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4806S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Guthrie Center
N4806SRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N4806S · 1
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