- Date
- December 31, 1964
- Place
- Cushing, OK · CUSHING, OK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5399PPiper PA24
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180684
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0911 64/12/31 CUSHING OKLA PIPER PA24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 79 TOTAL TIME - 1250 N5399P PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CUSHING MUNCIPAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS FOG TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 45 135 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 7 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5399P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cushing Muncipal
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