- Date
- August 19, 1971
- Place
- Augusta, ME · AUGUSTA, ME
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 2 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N595DEPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161232
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0369 71/8/19 AUGUSTA,ME PIPER PA-31 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 3100 TIME - 2040 N595DE PX- 2 2 3 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 625 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AUGUSTA STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOSTON,MASS AUGUSTA,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 65 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- DISCONTINUED VOR APCH,ATMTD TO MAINTAIN VISUAL FLT IN IFR CONDS AT ALT BLO LVL OF OBSTRUCTING TRRN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N595DE
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Augusta State
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