- Date
- September 20, 1971
- Place
- Lyme Center, NH · LYME CENTER, NH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3435PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163499
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2292 71/9/20 LYME CENTER,NH PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 2 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1916 N3435P PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 26, 2402 TOTAL HOURS, 0 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTLAND,ME LEBANON,NH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA 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 TEMPERATURE-F FOG 63 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW OBSTRUCTING TERRAIN ON VOR APCH.PLT FLYING UNFAMILIAR ACFT FROM R SEAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3435P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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