- Date
- December 4, 1976
- Place
- Grand View, NY · GRAND VIEW, NY
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19761204041811A19761204041812A
- Case key
- 156683
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3809 76/12/4 NR.GRAND VIEW, NY CESSNA 172N CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1205 N75604 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 28, 536 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 3 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO REMARKS- SMALL SECTION OF R WING,FWD OF R AILERON,DISCLOSED HALF MOON SHAPE INDENTATION.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3809 76/12/4 NR.GRAND VIEW,NY PIPER PA-31 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 3000 TIME - 1205 N59825 PX- 2 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHIADELPHIA,PA WHITE PLAINS,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OTHER AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA SEGMENTS OF AVIATION INVOLVED - SMALL US GEN.AV.-SMALL US GEN.AV. CONTROLLING AGENCY - NO CONTROL RADAR CTL/SURVEILLANCE - NOT UNDER RADAR CONTACT TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO REMARKS- FRESH SCUFF MARKS ON LEADING EDGE OF DE-ICING BOOT OF VERTICAL STABILIZER.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N59825
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N75604
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N75604Registration cancelled Mar 4, 1977 · Cessna 172NAirframe modelCessna 172NEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.