- Date
- November 7, 1978
- Place
- Towanda, PA · TOWANDA, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6159YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781107035469A
- Case key
- 139180
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3579 78/11/7 NR.TOWANDA,PA PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1210 N6159Y PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 36, 5956 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1060 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOCKHAVEN,PA TOWANDA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 2800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 360 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 8 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- WILLIAMSPORT WX.HIT TREES 2000FT MSL DRG 180DEG AKE A 180 DEGREE TURN COLLIDED WITH TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6159Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6159YRegistration cancelled Jun 21, 2012 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.