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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-24 · Mt Guyot, NC · June 6, 1964

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
June 6, 1964
Place
Mt Guyot, NC · MT GUYOT, NC
Injuries
2 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N7152PPiper PA-24
Status
Completed · report October 9, 1964
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
183649

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0452   64/6/6  NR.MT GUYOT NC        PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 44, 516
        TIME - 1151                    N7152P              PX-  1  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT
           WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS
           WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      VFR
        REMARKS- ACCIDENT OCCURED IN AN AREA OF FORECASTED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY

Aircraft

Registration
N7152P
Reported as
Piper PA-24
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.