- Date
- May 7, 1971
- Place
- Bloomsburg, PA · BLOOMSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3241ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161806
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2344 71/5/7 BLOOMSBURG,PA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 430 TIME - 0230 N3241Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 414 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLOOMSBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLOW GROVE,PA BLOOMSBURG,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ATTEMPTED LDG ON FOG COVERED ARPT.ARPTS AVAILABLE THAT WERE CLEAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3241Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bloomsburg
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