- Date
- September 4, 1970
- Place
- Minersville, PA · MINERSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8289NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176946
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2696 70/9/4 MINERSVILLE,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1317 N8289N PX- 2 0 0 DUAL AGE 46, 8232 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SCHUYLKILL COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINERSVILLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 87 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 18 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT HIT TREES APRX 1200FT FROM DEP END OF 4600FT RWY.DNSTY ALT APRX 4000FT.L X-WIND GUSTING 30K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8289N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Schuylkill County
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