- Date
- September 1, 1974
- Place
- Phillipsburg, PA · PHILLIPSBURG, PA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8363PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740901036739A
- Case key
- 138825
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3267 74/9/1 PHILLIPSBURG,PA PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 1060 TIME - 1936 N8363P PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 332 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MID-STATE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDDLEFIELD,OHIO UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 1100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 61 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- MAKING LOC APCH.DESCENDED BLO MDA,COLLIDED WITH TREES 2.7MILES FM APCH END RWY 16.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8363P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mid-State
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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.