- Date
- April 16, 1965
- Place
- Anaconda, MT · ANACONDA, MT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1714PPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 18, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179332
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0901 65/4/16 NR.ANACONDA MONT PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1557 N1714P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 43, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN, SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING SERVICE REMARKS- PILOT HAD NOT FLOWN IN 8 YEARS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1714P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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