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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA60601 · Erie, PA · July 19, 1985

Date
July 19, 1985 · 03:45 local
Place
Erie, PA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N71MA
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC85FA189
Reported as
Piper PA60601
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540S1A5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total22 in this make and model179 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.

Pilot stopped answering approach control. Impacted waters of lake Erie. Pilot had no rest period on previous day.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STOPPED ANSWERING APPROACH CONTROL. IMPACTED WATERS OF LAKE ERIE. PILOT HAD NO REST PERIOD ON PREVIOUS DAY.

NTSB investigation

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