- Date
- January 8, 1974
- Place
- Jackson, MS · JACKSON, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N859APPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740108002219A
- Case key
- 187185
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0128 74/1/8 JACKSON,MISS PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1113 N859AP PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 36, 486 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 35 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLEN C THOMPSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEMPHIS,TENN JACKSON,MISS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES FOG 170 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 7 BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- RADAR OBS DEPICTED ACFT TO R OF COURSE PASSING LOM INBD CROSSED CTRLINE WAS L UNTIL 1/2MI CTC LOST
Aircraft
- Registration
- N859AP
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Allen C Thompson
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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