- Date
- July 15, 1965
- Place
- Jersey City, NJ · JERSEY CITY, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4536PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177284
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0668 65/7/15 JERSEY CITY NJ PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 2704 TIME - 0928 N4536P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1076 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEWARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- CABIN DOOR OPENED AFTER TAKEOFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4536P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Newark
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