- Date
- May 30, 1969
- Place
- Mcknzie Brdg, OR · MCKNZIE BRDG, OR
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7133RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171738
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2816 69/5/30 MCKNZIE BRDG,OREG PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 101 TIME - 1630 N7133R PX- 2 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 66 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUGENE,OREG MCKNZIE BRDG,OREG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACFT STRUCK TREES ABT 10FT AGL IN APRX LVL FLT ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7133R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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