- Date
- March 8, 1975
- Place
- Fulton, NY · FULTON, NY
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4340PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 9, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750308004939A
- Case key
- 132378
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0371 75/3/8 FULTON,NY PIPER PA-23 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 749 TIME - 1240 N4340P PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 74 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OSWEGO COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP FULTON,NY UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- AFTR TKOF ACFT OBSVD LO LVL 180 L TURN.ACFT ROTATED 1-1 1/2 TURNS.R PROP FOUND FEATHERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4340P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oswego County
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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.