- Date
- June 22, 1973
- Place
- Princeton, ME · PRINCETON, ME
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N157TDPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730622017459A
- Case key
- 190092
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1901 73/6/22 NR.PRINCETON,ME PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1900 N157TD PX- 1 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 40, 6000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 3000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRINCETON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SMITHFIELD,RI PRINCETON,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BLO MDA.LOCAL WEA COND GIVEN PLT BY CAR TO ACFT RADIO.RECOVERY DATE 6/23/73.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N157TD
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Princeton
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.