- Date
- September 30, 1966
- Place
- Ceredo, WV · CEREDO, WV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7472YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report April 14, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121500
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0811 66/9/30 CEREDO W VA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1829 TIME - 2139 N7472Y PX- 1 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 693 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI-STATE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- AIRCRAFT CRASHED AFTER PASSING OUTER-MARKER INBOUND ON ILS LOCALIZER ONLY,NO GLIDESLOPE,APPROACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7472Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tri-State
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