- Date
- October 27, 1964
- Place
- West Alton, MO · WEST ALTON, MO
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7013Piper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184150
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0786 64/10/27 WEST ALTON MO PIPER PA-24 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 14033 TIME - 1400 N7013 PX- 2 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- AIRCRAFT OVERLOADED 297 PDS. AUTO-PILOT SWITCHES ON AT IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7013
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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