- Date
- January 15, 1978
- Place
- Medford, OR · MEDFORD, OR
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5675YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780115006149A
- Case key
- 143374
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1043 78/1/15 MEDFORD,OR PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1950 N5675Y PX- 5 0 0 NS CTR PASSG 48, 5277 TOTAL HOURS, 31 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORVALLIS,OR MEDFORD,OR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRWAYS FACILITIES: OTHER WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 4000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 44 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 30 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- CLRD FOR STRAIGHT-IN ILS.RPTD NDB INBD.NDB SGL OUT OF TLRNC.MFR WX.HIT MTN 4300FT MSL 22MI NW MFR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5675Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Medford
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.