- Date
- May 31, 1965
- Place
- Mckenzie Brij, OR · MCKENZIE BRIJ, OR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7466YPiper PA30
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178070
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0323 65/5/31 MCKENZIE BRIJ ORE PIPER PA30 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 672 TIME - 1315 N7466Y PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MCKENZIE USFS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE TAIL WIND 158-202 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 68 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 15 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- DOWNWIND LANDING MADE BECAUSE OF AIRSTRIP ENVIRONMENT WHICH REQUIRED IT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7466Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mckenzie Usfs
N7466YRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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