- Date
- November 29, 1963
- Place
- Morgantown, WV · MORGANTOWN, WV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N386TDouglas DC-3
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 190923
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0017 63/11/29 MORGANTOWN,W VA DOUGLAS DC-3 CR- 1 1 1 FERRY AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1110 N386T PX- 0 0 0 50, 23553 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 3899 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORGANTOWN OPERATOR - PURDUE AERONAUTICS CORP. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT NOT EQUIPPED WITH NAV INSTRUMENTATION APPROPRIATE TO GRND FACILITIES BEING USED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N386T
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Morgantown
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