- Date
- February 5, 1969
- Place
- Middletown, NJ · MIDDLETOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5230YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191267
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3053 69/2/5 MIDDLETOWN,NJ PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2215 N5230Y PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 25, 2200 TOTAL HOURS, 797 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RED BANK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RED BANK,NJ NEWARK,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - AIR CONDITION,HEATING AND PRESSURIZATION: CABIN TEMP. CONTROL AND TEMP. INDICATING SYSTEM PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MAIL FLT. HEATER CRACKS ALLOWED EXHAUST GAS TO ESCAPE. CO EXPOSURE LEVEL ABOVE 10 PCT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5230Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Red Bank
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