- Date
- May 28, 1970
- Place
- Gander, Canada · GANDER,NEWFOUNDLD, CD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N13905Piper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115327
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0082 70/5/28 NR.GANDER,NEWFOUNDLD PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 6100 TIME - 2113 N13905 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BANGOR,ME GANDER,NEWFOUNDLD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION REMARKS- INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED BY THE GOVT OF CANADA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13905
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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