- Date
- July 20, 1970
- Place
- Provincetown, MA · PROVINCETOWN, MA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6245WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115985
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0977 70/7/20 PROVINCETOWN,MASS PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 100 TIME - 0019 N6245W PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PROVINCETOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PROVINCETOWN,MASS PITTSFIELD,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 64 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NGT T/O MADE TOWARD UNLIGHTED AREA.ACFT OBSVD IN DSCNDG L TURN.PLT HRS EST,LOG DESTROYED IN FIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6245W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Provincetown
N6245WRegistration cancelled Jun 25, 1976 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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