- Date
- December 13, 1971
- Place
- Scribner, NE · SCRIBNER, NE
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4981JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164992
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3986 71/12/13 SCRIBNER,NEBR PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 105 TIME - 1825 N4981J PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCRIBNER STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OMAHA,NEBR CHADRON,NEBR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) SNOW GRAINS/SNOW PELLETS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 27 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 100 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- NGT VFR XC FLT,ENCTRD FRZNG PCPN,ICE ACCUMTD ON ACFT.HIT TEL POLE.LDG GR LWRD AUTO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4981J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Scribner State
N4981JRegistration cancelled Nov 4, 2019 · Piper PA-28R-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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