- Date
- October 4, 1979
- Place
- Jamaica, NY · JAMAICA, NY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5767YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791004036929A
- Case key
- 133921
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2166 79/10/4 JAMAICA,NY PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 1575 TIME - 1650 N5767Y PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 215 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JFK INTERNATIONAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BARRINGTON,MA JAMAICA,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5767Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jfk International
N5767YRegistration cancelled May 21, 2008 · 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.