- Date
- July 26, 1971
- Place
- Madison, CT · MADISON, CT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N643TTPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162047
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1582 71/7/26 MADISON,CONN PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 495 TIME - 0751 N643TT PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 234 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRISWOLD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MADISON,CONN PHILADELPHIA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 71 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 50 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- HIT WATER TOWER OBSCURED BY FOG 3000 FT FROM RWY. PLT MISTOOK LOCATION OF TOWER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N643TT
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Griswold
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