- Date
- September 15, 1968
- Place
- Buffalo, NY · BUFFALO, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1742JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107636
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4301 68/9/15 BUFFALO,NY PIPER PA-28 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1923 N1742J PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 21, 691 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 350 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER BUFFALO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STRUCK ANTENNA SUPPORT STRUCTURE.ON FINAL APPROACH BEHIND LANDING LOCKHEED ELECTRA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1742J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Greater Buffalo
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