NYC72AN119

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28 · Laytonsville, MD · March 29, 1972

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
March 29, 1972
Place
Laytonsville, MD · LAYTONSVILLE, MD
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Initial climb
Aircraft
N4353TPiper PA-28
Status
Completed · report October 19, 1972
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
165863

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0444  72/3/29    LAYTONSVILLE,MD     PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1000                    N4353T              PX-  0  0  0  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED      AGE 60, 8237 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVIS AIRPORT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LAYTONSVILLE,MD            UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- CRASHED APRX 1/4MI FRM END OF RWY.SGFNT PRE-EXISTING CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE.

Aircraft

Registration
N4353T
Reported as
Piper PA-28
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Davis Airport

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.