- Date
- December 24, 1964
- Place
- Philip, SD · PHILIP, SD
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8489PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 186053
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0946 64/12/24 NR.PHILIP S DAKOTA PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 42, 26 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N8489P PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, 7 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS BLOWING SNOW TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 3 5 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 13 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-12/25/64.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8489P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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