- Date
- November 29, 1970
- Place
- Chester, CT · CHESTER, CT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6804YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159265
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3172 70/11/29 CHESTER,CONN PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1756 N6804Y PX- 0 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 32, 2446 TOTAL HOURS, 486 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHESTER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINDSOR LOCKS,CONN CHESTER,CONN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BLO PUBLISHED APCH MINIMUMS. ATC DIDNT HAVE DEST WEA,PLT WAS GIVEN NEAREST AVAIL WEA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6804Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Chester
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