- Date
- August 20, 1967
- Place
- Petersburg, PA · PETERSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7358WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114891
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0529 67/8/20 PETERSBURG,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 49, 40 TOTAL TIME - 1615 N7358W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT WAVING TO PERSONS ON GND WHILE MAKING 45-DEG LEFT BANK AT APPROX 100 FT ALT ABV GND LVL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7358W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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