- Date
- July 20, 1977
- Place
- Cheektowaga, NY · CHEEKTOWAGA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N406CAPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770720042379A
- Case key
- 145461
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3724 77/7/20 CHEEKTOWAGA,NY PIPER PA-31 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2152 N406CA PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 29, 8300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D 7735 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUFFALO INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUFFALO,NY ROCHESTER,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HYPERTENSIVE HEMORRHAGE OF LEFT BASIL GANGLIA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N406CA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Buffalo Intl
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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.