- Date
- December 30, 1971
- Place
- Malvern, PA · MALVERN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6047WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164929
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4063 71/12/30 MALVERN,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 30, 34 TOTAL TIME - 1215 N6047W PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 23 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROANOKE,VA WEST CHESTER,PA 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) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DUE TO WX FRCST STUDENT OK FOR ONE WAY FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6047W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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