- Date
- October 24, 1974
- Place
- Oberlin, OH · OBERLIN, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6308YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741024041039A
- Case key
- 144865
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4278 74/10/24 OBERLIN,OHIO PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 4409 TIME - 0745 N6308Y PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 266 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LORAIN COUNTY REG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ OBERLIN,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: DOORS,DOOR FRAMES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6308Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lorain County Reg
N6308YRegistration cancelled Feb 7, 1975 · Piper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.