- Date
- September 29, 1966
- Place
- Sinclair, ME · SINCLAIR, ME
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6900BPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121209
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2649 66/9/29 SINCLAIR ME PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 71, 2000 TIME - 0730 N6900B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 644 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) 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 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6900B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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