19761231042579A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-30 · College Point, NY · December 31, 1976

Date
December 31, 1976
Place
College Point, NY
Airport
Flushing
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N44SS
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC77FA026
Reported as
Piper PA30
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Snow purposely packed in fuel tanks 3 days prior.

As the FAA filed it

SNOW PURPOSELY PACKED IN FUEL TANKS 3 DAYS PRIOR.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.