- Date
- January 26, 1973
- Place
- Linden, NJ · LINDEN, NJ
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6840LPiper PA-31P
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173513
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0005 73/1/26 NR.LINDEN,NJ PIPER PA-31P CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 1720 N6840L PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC 5800 TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ MARIETTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: REGULATOR SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: PROTECTIVE DEVICES REMARKS- VOLTAGE REGULATOR FAILED CAUSING EXCESSIVE OVRLOAD.VOLTAGE OVRLOAD RELAY FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6840L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31P
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
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