- Date
- April 10, 1973
- Place
- Coraopolis, PA · CORAOPOLIS, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4237RPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730410010079A
- Case key
- 170387
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0599 73/4/10 CORAOPOLIS,PA PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 20000 TIME - 1653 N4237R PX- 0 3 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1425 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER PITTSBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STATE COLLEGE,PA CORAOPOLIS,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BLO MDA ON NO G/S APCH.SNOW SHWRS IN APCH ZONE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4237R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Greater Pittsburg
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.