- Date
- November 13, 1974
- Place
- Worcester, MA · WORCESTER, MA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7283YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report December 31, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741113037569A
- Case key
- 143077
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3699 74/11/13 WORCESTER,MASS PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 1519 TIME - 1912 N7283Y PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 792 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WORCESTER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WORCESTER,MASS GARDNER,MASS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RUNWAY CLOSED REMARKS- RWY CLOSED NOTAM ISSUED.STRUCK PARTIALLY FILLED IN DITCH WITH L GR AND PROP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7283Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Worcester Muni
N7283YRegistration cancelled Aug 20, 2013 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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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.
Other investigations on N7283Y · 1
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