- Date
- September 16, 1968
- Place
- Easton, PA · EASTON, PA
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3742TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108169
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2997 68/9/16 EASTON,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0430 N3742T PX- 0 3 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 61, 29875 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 106 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EASTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- PLT TOOK OFF INTO AREA OF NO LTG AND NO HORIZON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3742T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Easton
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