- Date
- August 18, 1971
- Place
- Montvale, VA · MONTVALE, VA
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8555DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162994
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2785 71/8/18 MONTVALE,VA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N8555D PX- 0 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 55, 6489 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 319 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DUBLIN,VA BOSTON,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS HAZE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ENCTRD DECREASING VIS DRG FLT OVR MTN RIDGES,DSCNDD TO MAINTAIN GND CTCT,DID NOT SEE TREE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8555D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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