- Date
- April 15, 1965
- Place
- Millville, PA · MILLVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5482YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179865
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0193 65/4/15 MILLVILLE PA PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 1361 TIME - 0900 N5482Y PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 301 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION BIRD STRIKE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - BIRD COLLISION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION REMARKS- AIRCRAFT HIT SNOW GOOSE-GOOSE APPARENTLY PENETRATED WINDSHIELD HIT AND INCAPACITATED PILOT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5482Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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