- Date
- May 13, 1975
- Place
- Frankfort, ME · FRANKFORT, ME
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N56012Piper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report June 19, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750513011649A
- Case key
- 148488
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1049 75/5/13 FRANKFORT,ME PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 478 TIME - 1210 N56012 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST POINT,VA BELFAST,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- DSCNDD THRU CLDS HIT TREES ON MTN ABT 650FT MSL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56012
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.