- Date
- January 22, 1966
- Place
- Oss Township, PA · OSS TOWNSHIP, PA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- CF-OYWPiper PA 28
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172914
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0001 66/1/22 OSS TOWNSHIP PA PIPER PA 28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1700 CF-OYW PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 32, 63 TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 30 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- CANADIAN REGISTRY. ACFT STRUCK FLAGPOLE DURING LANDING ROLL ON A FOOTBALL FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CF-OYW
- Reported as
- Piper PA 28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage