- Date
- September 9, 1970
- Place
- Woronoco, MA · WORONOCO, MA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5959PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 142836
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3743 70/9/9 WORONOCO,MASS PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 65, 7000 TIME - 1015 N5959P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 340 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BARNES MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP GLOUSTESTER,VA CLAREMONT,NH DEER PARK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 62 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- HIT MTN RIDGE APRX 4MI W OF BARNES MUNI,IN CTL ZONE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5959P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Barnes Muni
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