- Date
- April 24, 1974
- Place
- Luray, VA · LURAY, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5507JPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740424015919A
- Case key
- 170204
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4014 74/4/24 NR.LURAY,VA PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2106 N5507J PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 58, 48400 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NASHVILLE,TENN TRENTON,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- 25% CO LEVEL.SOURCE AND EXPOSURE TIME NOT DETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5507J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.