- Date
- November 1, 1966
- Place
- Manchester, NH · MANCHESTER, NH
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8027PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120092
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1076 66/11/1 MANCHESTER NH PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 3300 TIME - 1945 N8027P PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREINER FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-LOSS OF CONTROL FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON. PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 61 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- ACFT EQUIPPED WITH DUAL FLT CONTROLS.PX A PILOT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8027P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Greiner Field