- Date
- September 26, 1964
- Place
- Bretton Woods, NH · BRETTON WOODS, NH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7194YPiper PA30
- Status
- Completed · report November 16, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181309
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3043 64/9/26 BRETTON WOODS NH PIPER PA30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 5000 TIME - 1030 N7194Y PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 245 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-UNKNOWN OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PASSENGER GRASPED CONTROL WHEEL WHILE TURNING IN HIS SEAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7194Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
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