- Date
- November 27, 1976
- Place
- Westhampton, NY · WESTHAMPTON, NY
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N75233Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761127042279A
- Case key
- 156553
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3938 76/11/27 WESTHAMPTON,NY PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 307 TIME - 1736 N75233 PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 289 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUFFOLK CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FITCHBURG,MA WESTHAMPTON,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 0 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE ZERO NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG BELOW MINIMUMS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR (VFR CONDITIONS ON TOP) REMARKS- ATTEMPTED ILS APPROACH IN ZERO VISIBILITY,CRASHED SHORT OF RUNWAY,ALTERNATE AIRPORTS WERE VFR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75233
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Suffolk Co
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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.