- Date
- October 6, 1966
- Place
- Stowe, VT · STOWE, VT
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7289YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121554
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0916 66/10/6 STOWE VT PIPER PA-30 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1940 N7289Y PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 46, 580 TOTAL HOURS, 65 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING REMARKS- PLT ADVISED TO DELAY 10 MINS FOR PRACTICE ILS DUE ARPT TRFC, FLEW AT ALT BELOW OBSTRUCTING TERRAIN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7289Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.