- Date
- October 10, 1973
- Place
- Spencer, MA · SPENCER, MA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4745PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731010036019A
- Case key
- 188362
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3081 73/10/10 SPENCER,MASS PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1328 N4745P PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 63, 2888 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1148 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKLAND,ME WORCESTER,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- CLRD FROM HOLDING PATTERN FOR ILS APCH.LOSS OF CTL FOR UNDET REASON.HI SPEED NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4745P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.