- Date
- December 23, 1964
- Place
- Salem, OR · SALEM, OR
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2472APiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186051
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0944 64/12/23 NR.SALEM OREG PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 44, TIME - 1610 N2472A PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SALEM MCNARY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN/LOWER SCATTERED 2100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE TEMPERATURE-F TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 47 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PILOT LOST HORIZON REFERENCE DUE TO RESTRICTED HORIZONTAL VISIBILITY IN DETERIORATING WX CONDITION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2472A
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Salem Mcnary
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