- Date
- November 29, 1970
- Place
- Bridgeport, NJ · BRIDGEPORT, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6652JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159324
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2915 70/11/29 BRIDGEPORT,NJ PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 5748 TIME - 1500 N6652J PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRIDGEPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRIDGEPORT,NJ UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- OBS SAW ACFT DESCEND BELOW TREES IN DIVE. NO WITNESSES TO IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6652J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bridgeport
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