- Date
- August 5, 1964
- Place
- E Falmouth, MA · E FALMOUTH, MA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5485YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182735
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0993 64/8/5 E FALMOUTH MASS PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0100 N5485Y PX- 1 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 37, 11158 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 900 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OIIS AFB TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5485Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Oiis Afb
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