Piper PA-23 N5140Y
10 October 1968 · Derry Pa, Pennsylvania, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 10 October 1968 at about 18:45 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N5140Y, operated by Augusta Aviati, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Derry Pa, Pennsylvania, United States. 3 people were on board and 2 died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 18:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Derry Pa, Pennsylvania, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-23
- Registration
- N5140Y
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Augusta Aviati
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Cargo Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-3887
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
PLT DID NOT FOLLOW PUBLISHED ADF APPROACH, PREMATURE DESCENT AND LT OF INBOUND LEG.HIT SIDE OF MT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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