- Date
- December 10, 1969
- Place
- Passadumkeag, ME · PASSADUMKEAG, ME
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5090YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 18, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149479
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3759 69/12/10 PASSADUMKEAG,ME PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0831 N5090Y PX- 2 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 23, 2738 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 840 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HOULTON,ME PORTLAND,ME OLD TOWN,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RPTD OVR BCN 0830 CMNCG APCH.ABT 0831 HIT MTN 1350FT ELEV,16NM ENE BCN.PT MIN ALT 1900FT W/IN 10MI
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5090Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Old Town
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Other investigations on N5090Y · 2
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