- Date
- February 18, 1964
- Place
- Reading, PA · READING, PA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5121YPiper PA23
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185190
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0399 64/2/18 READING PA PIPER PA23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N5121Y PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC AGE 41, 8250 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 2900 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- DEICING FLUID ON WINDSHIELD RESTRICTED VISION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5121Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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