- Date
- October 18, 1974
- Place
- Montgomeryvl, PA · MONTGOMERYVL, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4825LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741018038159A
- Case key
- 140914
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3461 74/10/18 MONTGOMERYVL,PA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 240 TIME - 1300 N4825L PX- 0 0 0 CHECK TOTAL HOURS, 41 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTGOMERYVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTGOMERYVILLE,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS CHECK PILOT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE CHECK PILOT - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- BIENNIAL FLT CK.SIM ENG FAILURE,CK PLT HAD THROTTLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4825L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Montgomeryville
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.