- Date
- July 28, 1970
- Place
- Marlton, NJ · MARLTON, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2997RPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113011
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1516 70/7/28 MARLTON,NJ PIPER PA-28R CR- 0 2 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0125 N2997R PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 27, 879 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 46 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AERO-HAVEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MIAMI,FLA MARLTON,NJ CHARLESTON,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - FOG FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- GRND FOG IN AREA.WRI APC RADAR VECT ACFT OVR ARPT,PLT ADVSD WOULD CRC TO LOOK FOR ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2997R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Aero-Haven
N2997RRegistration cancelled Jun 5, 2020 · Piper PA-28R-200Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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