- Date
- August 10, 1965
- Place
- Lowell, MA · LOWELL, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4392HPiper PA-15
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177192
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0466 65/8/10 LOWELL MASS PIPER PA-15 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 73 TOTAL TIME - 1100 N4392H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, UNK/NR DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WIGNALL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND AIRCFT CAPABILITY FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 90 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WEST TAKE OFFS OR EAST LANDINGS NOT FEASIBLE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4392H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-15
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Wignall
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