- Date
- August 8, 1974
- Place
- Pittstown, NJ · PITTSTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7955MBeech D95A
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 134376
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2488 74/8/8 PITTSTOWN,NJ BEECH D95A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 1150 TIME - 0700 N7955M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALEXANDER FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSTOWN,NJ BEDFORD,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- PLT ABORTED TKOF WHEN R ENG SPUTTERED.OVERRAN RWY STRUCK TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7955M
- Reported as
- Beech D95A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Alexander Field
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