- Date
- April 30, 1964
- Place
- Paulina, OR · PAULINA, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N28260Piper J-5A
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185050
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0380 64/4/30 NR.PAULINA OREGON PIPER J-5A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 241 TIME - 1445 N28260 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 68 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS *ERROR-INVALID CODE* OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS BLOWING SNOW IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-05/22/64.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28260
- Reported as
- Piper J-5A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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