- Date
- April 18, 1967
- Place
- So.Spafford, NY · SO.SPAFFORD, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5555HGrumman F8F-2
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117758
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0206 67/4/18 SO.SPAFFORD,NY GRUMMAN F8F-2 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 5284 TIME - 1608 N5555H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 407 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALTIMETER SETTING-INCORRECT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 45 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ALTIMETER SET ON 29.74 INCHES. ACTUAL VALUE WAS 29.64. PLT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5555H
- Reported as
- Grumman F8F-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed