- Date
- October 19, 1974
- Place
- Westville, NY · WESTVILLE, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8831DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741019044409A
- Case key
- 146474
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4327 74/10/19 WESTVILLE,NY PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 33, 48 TOTAL TIME - UNK/NR N8831D PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, 30 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COOPERSTOWN WESTV DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MANVILLE,NJ UTICA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: MUFFLERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- TOXICOLOGICAL TEST SHOWED HIGH CO CONTENT.MUFFLER HAD CRACK WHICH PERMITTED ESCAPE OF EXHAUST GAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8831D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cooperstown Westv
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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.