- Date
- March 26, 1972
- Place
- Larrysville, PA · LARRYSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3348ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165924
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0134 72/3/26 LARRYSVILLE,PA PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 243 TIME - 1530 N3348Z PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW TRIBES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LARRYSVILLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 43 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 310 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- IPT WX,WND GUSTING 22-26K,SVR TURBC BLO 5000FT.WINDSOCK SHOWED WND FRM S.HILLS E,W.60FT TREES S.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3348Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- New Tribes
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