- Date
- May 8, 1966
- Place
- Indian Head, PA · INDIAN HEAD, PA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5823YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172451
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0412 66/5/8 INDIAN HEAD PA PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1247 TIME - 1520 N5823Y PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 359 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CONNELLVILLE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 5/9/66.PILOT CANCELLED IFR FLT PLAN ENROUTE,STATED HE WOULD CONTINUE FLIGHT VFR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5823Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Connellville
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