- Date
- November 6, 1969
- Place
- Berlin, PA · BERLIN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6793WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148642
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3192 69/11/6 BERLIN,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 233 TIME - 1200 N6793W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 110 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BEDFORD,PA COLUMBUS,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN CABIN,COCKPIT,BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SMOKE IN COCKPIT REMARKS- PLT HAD TO RUSH LNDG DUE TO FIRE. GUSTS TO 35 KTS. ACFT DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6793W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.