- Date
- November 5, 1981
- Place
- Niles, OH · NILES, OH
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2457MPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811105071749A
- Case key
- 122713
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3596 81/11/5 NILES,OH PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1029 N2457M PX- 0 1 1 CORP/EXEC 36, 4584 TOTAL HOURS, 67 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YOUNGSTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WASHINGTON,DC YOUNGSTOWN,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3/4 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 49 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 160 6 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR REMARKS- LNDD ON BLDG IN SHOPPING CTR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2457M
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Youngstown
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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.