- Date
- August 24, 1979
- Place
- Sundown, NY · SUNDOWN, NY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N55PHPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790824025349A
- Case key
- 133911
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3960 79/8/24 NR.SUNDOWN,NY PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 57, 5000 TIME - 1415 N55PH PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 4500 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SULLIVAN CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MYRTLE BEACH,SC MONTGOMERY,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: MISSED APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- HIT TREES ON HI TRRN AFTER MISSED APCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55PH
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sullivan Co
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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