- Date
- February 6, 1971
- Place
- Shirley, MA · SHIRLEY, MA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4563PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159886
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0565 71/2/6 SHIRLEY,MASS PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1145 N4563P PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 30, 2550 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 240 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHIRLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP SHIRLEY,MASS SHIRLEY,MASS MANCHESTER,NH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG SHUT DWN,UN RESTART.SE GO-AROUND UN ESTABLISH POSITIVE RATE OF CLB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4563P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Shirley
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