- Date
- September 7, 1969
- Place
- Sandisfield, MA · SANDISFIELD, MA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1735JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180523
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2425 69/9/7 SANDISFIELD,MASS PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 27, 21 TOTAL TIME - 1800 N1735J PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WESTFIELD WESTFIELD NONE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN SHOWERS, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 69 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 90 16 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR OTHER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLTS RELEASED BY SCHOOL.PLT LEFT VFR TRNG AREA GOT ABVE CLOUDS.CRASHED IN FRNTL AREA WEST OF ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1735J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Barnes Muni
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