- Date
- July 4, 1966
- Place
- Norwood, MA · NORWOOD, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4455PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171398
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1555 66/7/4 NORWOOD MASS PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 350 TIME - 1100 N4455P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORWOOD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL-CARELESS OPERATION BY MODEL OPERATOR. MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE REMARKS- RADIO CONTROLLED MODEL AIPLANE STRUCK LEFT WING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4455P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Norwood
N4455PRegistration cancelled Apr 30, 2015 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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