- Date
- March 20, 1964
- Place
- Danbury, NC · DANBURY, NC
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4320PPiper PA23
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185023
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0331 64/3/20 NR.DANBURY NC PIPER PA23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0720 N4320P PX- 2 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 39, 1136 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 48 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4320P
- Reported as
- Piper PA23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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