- Date
- January 11, 1979
- Place
- Templeton, MA · TEMPLETON, MA
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Status
- Completed · report December 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19790111036961A19790111036962A
- Case key
- 136367
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2866 79/1/11 TEMPLETON,MA AEROSTAR 600 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1110 N8022J PX- 1 0 0 CORP/EXEC AGE 23, 1600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 3 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARDNER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOSTON,MA SYRACUSE,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE 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 EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN FIRE AFTER IMPACT
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2866 79/1/11 TEMPLETON,MA PIPER PA-31 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1110 N33TN PX- 2 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 55, 12225 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 2 0 0 HOURS, 870 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GARDNER MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CONCORD,MA WHITE PLAINS, NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: BOTH IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE 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 TRAFFIC ADVISORY ISSUED - NONE CONTROL ZONE/AREA - NO EVASIVE ACTION TAKEN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED ANTI-COLLISION LIGHTS - INSTALLED,OPERATION UNKNOWN
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N33TN
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gardner Muni
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
- N8022J
- Reported as
- Aerostar 600
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gardner Muni
N8022JRegistration cancelled Aug 28, 2013 · Piper AEROSTAR 600Airframe modelPiper AEROSTAR 600Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 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.
Accident 19790111036961APiper PA31350 · Templeton, MACollided with another acft in flight. Both acft level at 6500 ft. wx cavu not under ATC control.Accident 19790111036962APiper 600SMITH · Templeton, MACollided with another acft in flight. Both acft level at 6500 feet. Wx cavu not under ATC control.