- Date
- June 10, 1973
- Place
- Danbury, CT · DANBURY, CT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9591WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730610012979A
- Case key
- 190448
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1310 73/6/10 DANBURY,CONN PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 188 TIME - 0030 N9591W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 160 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DANBURY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DANBURY,CONN ISLIP,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- MADE CROSS WIND TURN TO SOON IN DIRECTION OF MTNS TRRN.ARPT ELEV 454FT HIT TREES ON MTN,800FT LVL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9591W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Danbury
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9591W · 1
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