- Date
- April 28, 1974
- Place
- Lock Haven, PA · LOCK HAVEN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1428SPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740428010159A
- Case key
- 186218
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0979 74/4/28 LOCK HAVEN,PA PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 9052 TIME - 1045 N1428S PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 454 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLIAMSPORT,PA SANDUSKY,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- STRUCK POWER LINES STRUNG ACROSS SUSQUEHANNA RIVER.LINES WERE 100 FT ABOVE RIVER SURFACE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1428S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1428SRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 2015 · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.