- Date
- June 11, 1974
- Place
- Batavia, NY · BATAVIA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5708YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132531
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0013 74/6/11 BATAVIA,NY PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0428 N5708Y PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 24, 3800 TOTAL HOURS, 210 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - BUFFALO INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCHESTER,NY DETROIT,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: DOORS,DOOR FRAMES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFING RECEIVED-METHOD UNKNOWN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE DOOR/PANEL OPEN SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- BOTH TOP BOTTOM DOOR HINGES FRACT LONG AT A POINT ADJ TO DOOR HINGE ATTACH PLATES.DOOR NOT RCVRD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5708Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Buffalo Intl
N5708YRegistration cancelled Apr 23, 2013 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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Other investigations on N5708Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.