NYC68A0017

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28 · Bridgeport, CT · July 27, 1967

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
July 27, 1967
Place
Bridgeport, CT · BRIDGEPORT, CT
Injuries
2 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
N7865WPiper PA-28
Status
Completed · report June 27, 1968
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
115980

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1146  67/7/27    BRIDGEPORT,CONN     PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 54, 365
        TIME - 1100                    N7865W              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ACFT MISSING ENROUTE RAMAPO VALLEY ARPT,N.Y.-MONTAUK,L.I.,N.Y.

Aircraft

Registration
N7865W
Reported as
Piper PA-28
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.