- Date
- October 10, 1968
- Place
- Derry, PA · DERRY, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5140YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107417
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3887 68/10/10 DERRY PA PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 3072 TIME - 1845 N5140Y PX- 1 1 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION REMARKS- PLT DID NOT FOLLOW PUBLISHED ADF APPROACH,PREMATURE DESCENT AND LT OF INBOUND LEG.HIT SIDE OF MT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5140Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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