- Date
- November 28, 1973
- Place
- Hanover, NH · HANOVER, NH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N13978Piper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731128039559A
- Case key
- 201597
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3713 73/11/28 HANOVER,NH PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1320 N13978 PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 28, 2947 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBANY,NY LEBANON,NH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 42 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- MIN ALT AT FAF 2500FT MSL.HIT MTN 1800FT LVL INBOUND PRIOR TO FAF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13978
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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