- Date
- July 12, 1969
- Place
- Hilo, HI · HILO, HI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N187FCPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168181
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2110 69/7/12 NR.HILO,HAWAII PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 21, 44 TOTAL TIME - 1350 N187FC PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING SERVICE REMARKS- HIT ROAD SIGN NOT SEEN PRIOR TO LDG. ONLY LDG AREA CONSIDERED SUITABLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N187FC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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