- Date
- December 5, 1975
- Place
- Slippery Rock, PA · SLIPPERY ROCK, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N22683Funk B75L
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751205039369A
- Case key
- 152132
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4085 75/12/5 SLIPPERY ROCK,PA FUNK B75L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 156 TIME - 1500 N22683 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING ACRES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTOUR,PA SLIPPERY ROCK,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 220 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 7 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ABT 85-90FT FM THRESHOLD ACFT ENCTRD WIND GUST.L WING HIT TOP OF PINE TREE.WIND GUSTING 15K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22683
- Reported as
- Funk B75L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flying Acres
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N22683 · 1
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