- Date
- October 30, 1973
- Place
- Rochester, NY · ROCHESTER, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6249BPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731030037849A
- Case key
- 188042
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3479 73/10/30 ROCHESTER,NY PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2010 N6249B PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC 41, 2414 TOTAL HOURS, 143 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONROE CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUFFALO,NY ROCHESTER,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION REMARKS- LOC APCH DSCNDD BLO MDA 1040 FT HIT TREE STATIC SYS CKD OK ALT 50 FT LOW AT SEA LEVEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6249B
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Monroe Co
N6249BRegistration cancelled Jun 24, 2011 · Piper PA-23-160Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.