- Date
- November 14, 1969
- Place
- Scappoose, OR · SCAPPOOSE, OR
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1460APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148762
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3301 69/11/14 SCAPPOOSE,OREG PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 610 TIME - 1545 N1460A PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 523 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COLUMBIA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCAPPOOSE,OREG SCAPPOOSE,OREG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- TOOK OFF IN KNOWN IFR CONDITIONS TO LOOK FOR ELK DESPITE WARNING FROM APT MGR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1460A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Columbia County
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