- Date
- November 19, 1973
- Place
- Columbia, MO · COLUMBIA, MO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2307TPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731119040259A
- Case key
- 187911
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3710 73/11/19 COLUMBIA,MO PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 57, 557 TIME - UNK/NR N2307T PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 334 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WOODS MEMORIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERLOO,IOWA COLUMBIA,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 39 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 70 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- WX BRFG FOR 0800 DEP ON 11/19.DEPD 2310 ON 11/18.DRG FLT FSS ADZD AREA OF VFR CONDS,ARPT AVBL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2307T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Woods Memorial
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.