- Date
- October 16, 1970
- Place
- New Castle, DE · NEW CASTLE, DE
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7667JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160967
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1529 70/10/16 NEW CASTLE,DEL PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1649 N7667J PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 48, 3012 TOTAL HOURS, 9 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GTR WILMINGTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ WILMINGTON,DEL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT RCVD LDG CLRNC,ACFT OBSVD IN CLIMBS,DIVES,TURNS BLO TFC PATTERN ALT BFR IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7667J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gtr Wilmington
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