- Date
- July 10, 1973
- Place
- Martha Vinyd, MA · MARTHA VINYD, MA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2679TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730710022249A
- Case key
- 189618
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1904 73/7/10 MARTHA VINYD,MASS PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2005 N2679T PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 40, 4432 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2040 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARTHAS VINEYARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LINCOLN,RI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT 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 OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 73 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 230 7 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- PLT DESCENDED BLO MDA IN KNOWN BLO MINIMUM COND FOR ILS APCH. INST TRNG FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2679T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marthas Vineyard
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2679T · 1
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