- Date
- October 9, 1970
- Place
- Hammondsport, NY · HAMMONDSPORT, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5852UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165411
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1645 70/10/9 HAMMONDSPORT,NY PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1240 N5852U PX- 1 1 0 FIRE CONTROL AGE 27, 1868 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 765 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BATH-HAMMONDSPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAMMONDSPORT,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS NONE 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK ROOF OF HOUSE AND CHIMNEY. PLT DIED 11/25/70.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5852U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bath-Hammondsport
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