- Date
- June 12, 1966
- Place
- Shirley, NY · SHIRLEY, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8622PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171567
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0486 66/6/12 SHIRLEY NY PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 189 TIME - 2131 N8622P PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 71 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BROOKHAVEN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER CONSIDERABLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 59 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 70 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8622P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Brookhaven
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