- Date
- December 15, 1971
- Place
- Haledon, NJ · HALEDON, NJ
- Injuries
- 5 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6685YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164774
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4540 71/12/15 HALEDON,NJ PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 2 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1343 N6685Y PX- 0 3 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 41, 5595 TOTAL HOURS, 130 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CALDWELL-WRIGHT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANCASTER,PA CALDWELL,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 44 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW PUBLISHED APCH MINIMUMS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6685Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Caldwell-Wright
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