- Date
- July 4, 1973
- Place
- Tolland, CT · TOLLAND, CT
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4470TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730704021739A
- Case key
- 189601
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1876 73/7/4 TOLLAND,CONN PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 150 TIME - 1710 N4470T PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SPRINGFIELD,MO HOPEDALE,MASS MONTGOMERY,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: RESIDENCE(S) IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS 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 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 900 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 76 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 160 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- HIT THE ROOF OF A TWO STORY HOUSE.WX FM BRADLEY FSS.PLT WX BRFNG FM SPRINGFLD,MO FSS.NO ENRT BRFNG
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4470T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.