- Date
- July 15, 1969
- Place
- Wenham, MA · WENHAM, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4214PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164626
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2549 69/7/15 WENHAM,MASS PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1300 TIME - 1915 N4214P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 483 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEVERLY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WENHAM,MASS WENHAM,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FEATH L ENG,SMOKE.DIDNT DECLARE EMERG.GR AND FLAPS LOWERED TOO SOON.UNK ACFT CUT PLT OUT ON FINAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4214P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Beverly
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