- Date
- July 16, 1976
- Place
- Bedford, MA · BEDFORD, MA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3298RPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760716026949A
- Case key
- 154902
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1973 76/7/16 BEDFORD,MA PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0345 N3298R PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 29, 1863 TOTAL HOURS, 22 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HANSCOM FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOSTON,MA BEDFORD,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- DURING LANDING APPROACH AT NIGHT,ACFT STRUCK A TREE APRX ONE AND A HALF MILES FROM RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3298R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hanscom Field
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3298R · 1
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