- Date
- June 15, 1974
- Place
- Perkasie, PA · PERKASIE, PA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N14ESAerostar 600
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173402
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1707 74/6/15 PERKASIE,PA AEROSTAR 600 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 63, 6180 TIME - 0750 N14ES PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PENNRIDGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PERKASIE,PA WILLIAMSPORT,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD PITCH DWN INTO WOODED AREA.LOSS OF PITCH CTL FOR UNDTMND REASONS.COCKPIT AREA DESTROYED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14ES
- Reported as
- Aerostar 600
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pennridge
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