- Date
- February 24, 1966
- Place
- Northampton, MA · NORTHAMPTON, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1228PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173854
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0308 66/2/24 NORTHAMPTON MASS PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 859 TIME - 0005 N1228P PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 252 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LA FLEUR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA REMARKS- NIGHT OPERATION ON LIGHTED AIRPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1228P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- La Fleur
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