- Date
- October 17, 1969
- Place
- Newberg, OR · NEWBERG, OR
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7315PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 155090
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3794 69/10/17 NEWBERG,OREG PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 64, 1627 TIME - 2130 N7315P PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPORTSMAN AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SACRAMENTO,CALIF AURORA,OREG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS GROUND FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- DESCENDED INTO HILLSIDE. GRND FOG REPORTED OVER ACCDT AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7315P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sportsman Airpark
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