- Date
- November 7, 1974
- Place
- Olean, NY · OLEAN, NY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9158JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741107038549A
- Case key
- 141037
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3259 74/11/7 OLEAN,NY PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 57 TOTAL TIME - UNK/NR N9158J PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OLEAN MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLYDE,NY OLEAN,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 37 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- AFCT STRUCK TREES ABT 70 FT HIGH APPROX 1MI SE OF ARPT.WX IN AREA 200 CEILING VIS 1/4 MI.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9158J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Olean Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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