- Date
- February 12, 1976
- Place
- Ludlow, MA · LUDLOW, MA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7RWPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report July 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760212030279A
- Case key
- 152551
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1384 76/2/12 LUDLOW,MA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1324 N7RW PX- 0 1 0 OTHER PUBLIC 61, 15374 TOTAL HOURS, 20 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTOVER AFB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WORCESTER,MA WESTFIELD,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILURE OF TWO OR MORE ENGINES TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- STRUCK WIRES WHILE MANEUVERING ACFT OVR LINE OF TREES TOWARD AN OPEN CLEARING IN CITY AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7RW
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Westover Afb
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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.