- Date
- July 13, 1974
- Place
- Montgomery, NY · MONTGOMERY, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1067PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740713023149A
- Case key
- 130112
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2599 74/7/13 MONTGOMERY,NY PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 1300 TIME - 1100 N1067P PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 220 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTGOMERY,NY LEWISBURG,W VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- LEFT ENGINE FAIL AT LIFTOFF.ENGINE TESTED SATISFACTORILY.TURN TO AVOID TREES L WING HIT GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1067P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Orange County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1067P · 1
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