- Date
- March 4, 1981
- Place
- Kirksville, MO · KIRKSVILLE, MO
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9117YPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810304008149A
- Case key
- 126954
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0467 81/3/4 NR.KIRKSVILLE,MO PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2006 N9117Y PX- 0 0 3 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 38, 5417 TOTAL HOURS, 399 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLARENCE CANNON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST LOUIS,MO KIRKSVILLE,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 34 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 20 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9117Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clarence Cannon
FAA reports on this event · 1
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