- Date
- August 13, 1967
- Place
- Brewster, MA · BREWSTER, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7843WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115921
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0765 67/8/13 BREWSTER,MASS PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 323 TIME - 1237 N7843W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 131 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: VERTICAL STABILIZER,ATTACHMENTS AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: AILERON SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 62 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 270 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RT AILERON AND VERTICAL FIN SEPARATED. PLT NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. ACFT CRASHED INVERTED IN TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7843W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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