- Date
- February 24, 1972
- Place
- Youngsville, PA · YOUNGSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N74466Bellanca 14-13
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165529
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1311 72/2/24 YOUNGSVILLE,PA BELLANCA 14-13 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1830 N74466 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 50, 3330 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 10 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DUNKIRK,NY ERIE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS WEATHER - SNOW TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER APPROACHING DARKNESS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LNDD ON SNOW CVRD FARM RD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74466
- Reported as
- Bellanca 14-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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