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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-31 · Cheektowaga, NY · July 20, 1977

Date
July 20, 1977
Place
Cheektowaga, NY
Airport
Buffalo International
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N406CA
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC77FA072
Reported as
Piper PA31
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,300 total7,735 in this make and model243 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Hypertensive hemorrhage of left basil ganglia.

As the FAA filed it

HYPERTENSIVE HEMORRHAGE OF LEFT BASIL GANGLIA.

NTSB investigation

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