- Date
- February 28, 1979
- Place
- Clinton, IA · CLINTON, IA
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9170YPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790228003829A
- Case key
- 137301
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0366 79/2/28 CLINTON,IA PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 2500 TIME - 2235 N9170Y PX- 0 0 7 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLINTON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLINTON,IA BURLINGTON,IA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT FACILITIES: RUNWAY LIGHTING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 33 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- RWY LIGHTS NOT ON DUE TO C/B OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9170Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clinton Muni
N9170YRegistration cancelled Jul 3, 2013 · Piper PA-31-310Airframe modelPiper PA-31-310Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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