- Date
- January 12, 1973
- Place
- Moorestown, NJ · MOORESTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8452YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730112000529A
- Case key
- 169690
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0050 73/1/12 MOORESTOWN,NJ PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 813 TIME - 0900 N8452Y PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOORESTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LINDEN,NJ MOORESTOWN,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- FINAL APCH-ABT 100FT BFR RWY,ADDED PWR,ACFT VEERED L AND L WING HIT GND.LNDD IN CORN FLD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8452Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Moorestown
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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.