- Date
- August 3, 1972
- Place
- Lincoln, NE · LINCOLN, NE
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N301LCPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167628
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1185 72/8/3 NR.LINCOLN,NEBR PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 228 TIME - 2100 N301LC PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LINCOLN,NEBR UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION REMARKS- PLT HAD 2 HRS NITE TIME,NONE SOLO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N301LC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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