19850517067579A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-31-350 · Latrobe, PA · May 17, 1985

Date
May 17, 1985 · 20:20 local
Place
Latrobe, PA
Airport
Westmoreland County
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CBEA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N66892
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC85FA125
Reported as
Piper PA31350
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540J2BD
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,350 total280 in this make and model190 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Operator dispatched airplane with HSI slave inop. Shot approach off course and past airport, struck trees.

As the FAA filed it

OPERATOR DISPATCHED AIRPLANE WITH HSI SLAVE INOP. SHOT APPROACH OFF COURSE AND PAST AIRPORT, STRUCK TREES.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N66892 · 2

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