- Date
- August 10, 1978
- Place
- Bedford, MA · BEDFORD, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N40276Piper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780810035169A
- Case key
- 139824
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2882 78/8/10 BEDFORD,MA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2315 N40276 PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS 51, 9485 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERCER COUNTY,NJ BEDFORD,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- RT WING LEADING EDGE SKIN TORN FREE.NOSE RIBS DMGD,DROOPING DOWNWARD & SEPTD FROM ATTACHMENTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40276
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N40276Registration cancelled Oct 6, 2017 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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