- Date
- September 17, 1971
- Place
- Moravia, NY · MORAVIA, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6514PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163734
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3741 71/9/17 MORAVIA,NY PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1850 N6514P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 49, 1364 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 7 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OFFUTT AFB,NEBR BEDFORD,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: CROP LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - OTHER FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES HAZE 305 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- ACFT SKIDDED OFF WET ROAD INTO CORN FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6514P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6514PRegistration cancelled May 31, 2018 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N6514P · 2
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