- Date
- November 8, 1971
- Place
- Joplin, MO · JOPLIN, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9046PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164206
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3975 71/11/8 JOPLIN,MO PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 252 TIME - 1032 N9046P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 73 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOPLIN MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,KANS SAN ANTONIO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 34 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 170 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- DMG TO LDG GR,R WNG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9046P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Joplin Mun
N9046PRegistration cancelled Aug 15, 2013 · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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