- Date
- February 11, 1966
- Place
- Monticello, ME · MONTICELLO, ME
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8514PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174193
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0353 66/2/11 MONTICELLO ME PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 278 TIME - 2210 N8514P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 222 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION REMARKS- NIGHT FLIGHT OVER DARK UNLIGHTED TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8514P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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