- Date
- June 4, 1980
- Place
- Neptune, NJ · NEPTUNE, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N646MAPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800604018099A
- Case key
- 131386
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0854 80/6/4 NEPTUNE,NJ PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 225 TIME - 0540 N646MA PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONMOUTH COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGDALE,NJ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: BUZZING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BFR FLT PLT TOLD HOUSE OCCUPANT HE COULD FLY INTO HOUSE.HIT PWR LINES,THEN HOUSE.UNAUTH USE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N646MA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Monmouth County
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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.