- Date
- February 23, 1972
- Place
- Redding, CA · REDDING, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1149PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165494
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2261 72/2/23 NR.REDDING,CALIF PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1010 N1149P PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 48, 1040 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 13 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REDDING,CALIF THE DALLES,OREG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 3200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 170 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 18 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- FLEW INTO FCSTD ICING COND.ACFT NOT ANTI-ICER/DEICER EQUIPPED,ABOUT 200 LBS OVER MAX GROSS T/O WT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1149P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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