- Date
- July 12, 1964
- Place
- W Yellowstone, MT · W YELLOWSTONE, MT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6002PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report October 23, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183646
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0446 64/7/12 W YELLOWSTONE MON PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 250 TIME - 0610 N6002P PX- 1 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 37 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - W YELLOWSTONE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- AIRCRAFT OVER GROSS AT TAKEOFF AND JUST UNDER AT TIME OF ACCIDENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6002P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- W Yellowstone
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