- Date
- August 26, 1967
- Place
- Waitsfield, VT · WAITSFIELD, VT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6494WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114945
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0709 67/8/26 WAITSFIELD,VT PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 70 TOTAL TIME - UNK/NR N6494W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 72 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT ADVISED FLT NOT POSSIBLE VFR. MT TOPS OBSCURRED. PLT WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6494W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Warren
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