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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA22 · St Marys, PA · November 30, 1964

Accident · Serious injuriesClosed
Date
November 30, 1964
Place
St Marys, PA · ST MARYS, PA
Injuries
3 serious
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N8616CPiper PA22
Status
Completed · report February 15, 1965
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
180664

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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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2-0871  64/11/30   ST MARYS PA         PIPER PA22          CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 58, 1200
        TIME - 2300                    N8616C              PX-  0  2  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ST MARYS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD

Aircraft

Registration
N8616C
Reported as
Piper PA22
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
St Marys

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.