- Date
- December 5, 1973
- Place
- Salem, OR · SALEM, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2453TNavion G
- Status
- Completed · report April 1, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731205040279A
- Case key
- 187367
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4072 73/12/5 SALEM,OREG NAVION G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, 5810 TIME - 1307 N2453T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SALEM MCNARY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WOODLAND,CALIF SALEM,OREG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 42 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- PLT ALLOWED ACFT TO DESCEND BELOW INITIAL FIX ALTITUDE.ACFT HIT TREE,CONT TO DEST & LND OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2453T
- Reported as
- Navion G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Salem Mcnary
N2453TRegistered now · Navion NAVION GAirframe modelNavion NAVION GEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N2453T · 1
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