- Date
- July 28, 1971
- Place
- Storm Lake, IA · STORM LAKE, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7409YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163001
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2792 71/7/28 STORM LAKE,IOWA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 890 TIME - 2130 N7409Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 341 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STORM LAKE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OMAHA,NEBR STORM LAKE,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE REMARKS- LDG RWY 31,DRIFTING R OF RWY,TIGHTENED APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7409Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Storm Lake Muni
N7409YRegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2018 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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