- Date
- September 27, 1973
- Place
- Montoursville, PA · MONTOURSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8470PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730927031769A
- Case key
- 188077
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3422 73/9/27 MONTOURSVILLE,PA PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 56, 5820 TIME - 1439 N8470P PX- 1 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LYCOMING COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTOURSVILLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8470P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lycoming County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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