- Date
- July 26, 1974
- Place
- Virgin Gorda, U.S. Virgin Islands · VIRGIN GORDA,BVI, U.S. Virgin Islands
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N765WCPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 140566
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0045 74/7/26 VIRGIN GORDA,BVI PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 3135 TIME - 1720 N765WC PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 2815 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VIRGIN GORDA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VIRGIN GORDA,BVI ST THOMAS,VI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- POST MAINT TEST FLT.PREVIOUS FIRE IN L ENG COMPTMT.INVESTIGATION JURISDICTION BRITISH GOVT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N765WC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Virgin Gorda
N765WCRegistration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Piper PA-23-160Airframe modelPiper PA-23-160Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.