- Date
- October 10, 1971
- Place
- Washingtnville, PA · WASHINGTNVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2941RPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163455
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2540 71/10/10 WASHINGTNVILLE,PA PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 371 TIME - 1825 N2941R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TAYLORVILLE,MD BLOOMSBURG,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL 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 - RAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- OBS SAW ACFT DESCEND IN TIGHT SPIRAL. PLTS FLYING TIME AS OF 10/10/70.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2941R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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