- Date
- September 6, 1971
- Place
- Quakertown, NJ · QUAKERTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6123PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163457
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2558 71/9/6 QUAKERTOWN,NJ PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 183 TIME - 1900 N6123P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 182 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY MANOR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMHERST,NY PITTSTOWN,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 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- OBS HEARD BUT COULDNT SEE ACFT DUE HEAVY FOG. PLT HAD HEART CONDITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6123P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sky Manor
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