- Date
- November 26, 1985, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- North Adams, MA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6LQPiper Aztec
- Weather
- Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30273
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The flight departed albany new york under VFR conditions and picked up IFR clearance to pittsfield, MA. The pilot flew the approach until reaching VFR under a cloud layer at about 2500 ft. continuing VFR toward no. Adams at an altitude of 2000 ft, the pilot spotted the city of no. Adams an descended to 1800 ft, runway lights were activated as the flight turned final. The flight collided with terrain and crashed, destroying the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6LQ
- Reported as
- Piper Aztec
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 277405323
- Airframe hours
- 1,100
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B1A5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Oakwind Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1985
- Departed
- ALB · Albany, NY
- Destination
- 2B6 · No. Adams, MA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 2B6 · Harriamn-West, runway 29, 4,300 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,910 total · 2,955 as pilot in command · 125 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark