- Date
- September 19, 1975
- Place
- Boston, MA · BOSTON, MA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N56121Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 151902
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0032 75/9/19 BOSTON,MA PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0313 N56121 PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG 31, 2600 TOTAL HOURS, 55 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOSTON,MA BURLINGTON,VT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: DOORS,DOOR FRAMES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- NOSE CARGO DOOR SEPARATED INFLIGHT STRUCK AND DMGD WINDSHIELD.DOOR NOT FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56121
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
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