- Date
- May 23, 1978
- Place
- Fleetville, PA · FLEETVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9057YPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report July 20, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780523018849A
- Case key
- 141996
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1430 78/5/23 FLEETVILLE,PA PIPER PA-31 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1905 N9057Y PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO 60, 23000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ENDLESS MOUNTAIN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TETERBORO,NJ ROCHESTER,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT REMARKS- PILOT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 130MG%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9057Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Endless Mountain
N9057YRegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2018 · Piper PA-31-310Airframe modelPiper PA-31-310Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9057Y · 1
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