- Date
- April 30, 1970
- Place
- Clinton, MD · CLINTON, MD
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2045PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130878
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2612 70/4/30 CLINTON,MD PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1850 N2045P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 35, 1772 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 45 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HYDE FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLINTON,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PAX-PLT INADVERTENTLY FEA R PROP DRG SIM SE APCH.DRG GO-AROUND PAX ATMTD RESTART ENG.UN HOLD ALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2045P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hyde Field
N2045PRegistration cancelled Nov 18, 2023 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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