- Date
- June 18, 1972
- Place
- Lock Haven, PA · LOCK HAVEN, PA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8829YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167458
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2192 72/6/18 LOCK HAVEN,PA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 11298 TIME - 1230 N8829Y PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1100 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FITCHBURG,MASS LOCK HAVEN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8829Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lock Haven
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