- Date
- May 16, 1965
- Place
- Gander Nf, Canada · GANDER NF, Canada
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5725YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177124
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0093 65/5/16 NR.GANDER NF,CAN PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0558 N5725Y PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 43, 10000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 103 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GANDER INTL. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG PARTIAL POWER LOSS - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS DRIZZLE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 34 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 320 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- INVEST.AND REPORTED BY GOVT. OF CANADA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5725Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gander Intl.
N5725YRegistration cancelled Jun 29, 1965 · Piper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)
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