- Date
- January 24, 1970
- Place
- S.Pole Station, AY · S.POLE STATION, Antarctica
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N123LFPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181559
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0413 70/1/24 S.POLE STATION PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - UNK/NR N123LF PX- 0 0 0 OTHER AGE 67, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - S.POLE STATION DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION S.POLE STATION PUENTA ARENAS,CHILE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT REMARKS- PLT BUSY INSIDE ACFT.L PROP HIT SURFACE,UN MAINTAIN ALT.CRASHED GR UP.PLT WORKED 16 HRS PRIOR FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N123LF
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- S.Pole Station