- Date
- May 18, 1967
- Place
- Mendon, MA · MENDON, MA
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8042WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116828
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0381 67/5/18 MENDON,MASS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 150 TIME - 1545 N8042W PX- 0 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOPEDALE-DRAPER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - RECIEVED RECORDED BRIEFING BY LFMF RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 35 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RIGHT CROSS WIND 90 DEGREES 35 KNOTS GUSTING TO 50 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8042W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hopedale-Draper
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