- Date
- April 24, 1970
- Place
- Stoughton, MA · STOUGHTON, MA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3236WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138017
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1230 70/4/24 STOUGHTON,MASS PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 625 TIME - UNK/NR N3236W PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORWOOD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST PALM BEACH,FLA MANSFIELD,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING WEATHER BRIEFING - PARTIAL BRIEFING BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON, LIMITED BY PILOT ACTION WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PLT RECD WEA BRIEF TO WILMINGTON,NC. NO RECORD OF PLT LNDG THERE. PLTS FLYING TIME AS OF 12/30/68.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3236W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Norwood
N3236WRegistration cancelled Jul 27, 2009 · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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