- Date
- December 22, 1972
- Place
- St.Charles, MO · ST.CHARLES, MO
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7571JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169271
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4001 72/12/22 NR.ST.CHARLES,MO PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1955 N7571J PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 26, 1090 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 31 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARROWHEAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST.LOUIS,MO KEOKUK,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 30 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 140 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- RADAR TARGET LOST ABT 2MIN AFTR TKOF.BEING RADAR VECTORED,ADZD TINOP.RCVRD 12/23/72.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7571J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Arrowhead
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