44.5651° N, 74.9467° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Colton, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 3, 2017 · 20:32 local
Place
Colton, NY
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
1QSF
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
C-GQAM
Reported as
Piper Navajo
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
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.
Aircraft departed cyqb in route to cyhu. Aircraft passed through montreal terminal airspace and pilot was unresponsive. Aircraft crashed into heavily wooded area at 327 windmill road, Colton, NY. Fire ensued and aircraft was destroyed. One on board was fatal. Cause unknown.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CYQB IN ROUTE TO CYHU. AIRCRAFT PASSED THROUGH MONTREAL TERMINAL AIRSPACE AND PILOT WAS UNRESPONSIVE. AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO HEAVILY WOODED AREA AT 327 WINDMILL ROAD, COLTON, NY. FIRE ENSUED AND AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. ONE ON BOARD WAS FATAL. CAUSE UNKNOWN.