- Date
- November 26, 1980
- Place
- East Berlin, PA · EAST BERLIN, PA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7453KPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19801126088369A
- Case key
- 80062
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3206 80/11/26 NR.EAST BERLIN,PA PIPER PA-20 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 208 TIME - 0900 N7453K PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 62 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREDRICKSBURG,VA WILLIAMSPORT,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - WINGS: BRACING WIRES,STRUTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- R WING STRUT LWR FORK ASSY,PN 14481-00,FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7453K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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