- Date
- May 20, 1978
- Place
- Northampton, PA · NORTHAMPTON, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4656ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780520022969A
- Case key
- 142083
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1707 78/5/20 NORTHAMPTON,PA PIPER PA-22 CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N4656Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 48, 2235 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BASKING RIDGE,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED CIRCLING AT LOW ALTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4656Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4656ZRegistration cancelled Mar 26, 2013 · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4656Z · 1
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