- Date
- July 16, 1966
- Place
- E Taunton, MA · E TAUNTON, MA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5638ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171674
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0599 66/7/16 E TAUNTON MASS PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 67, 26 TOTAL TIME - 1712 N5638Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KINGS 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 - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK REMARKS- CAUSE BASED ON MEDICAL OPINION RESULTING FROM POST MORTEM EXAMINATION OF THE PILOT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5638Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kings
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