- Date
- May 17, 1968
- Place
- Houlton, ME · HOULTON, ME
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- CF-CCCPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110663
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0007 68/5/17 HOULTON,ME PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 0122 CF-CCC PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOULTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- BATTERY DEPLETED,CAUSED RADIO AND NAV/COMM MALFUNCTION. LANDED IN POTATO FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CF-CCC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Houlton