- Date
- April 6, 1972
- Place
- Acton, MA · ACTON, MA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6342LPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165754
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0655 72/4/6 ACTON,MASS PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 1200 TIME - 1957 N6342L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 109 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NO.PERRY,FLA STOW,MASS KINSTON,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DESCENDED INTO SPARSELY LTD TERRAIN. PLT HAD DEP FLA. ABOUT 10 HRS PRIOR,TIME OF ENROUTE STOP UNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6342L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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