Piper PA-30 N7940Y

11 October 1974 · Newark, New Jersey, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 11 October 1974 at about 11:25 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N7940Y, operated by Hawkshaw Aviat, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Newark, New Jersey, United States. One person was on board. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 11 October 1974 at 11:25
Classification: Accident
Location: Newark, New Jersey, United States
Nearest airport: Newark Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-30
Registration: N7940Y
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Hawkshaw Aviat
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Taxi
Route: S → Z
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3706

People

Injuries not recorded.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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

DRIVER OF TRACTOR MOWER DID NOT SEE ACFT UNTIL MOWER MADE CONTACT WITH ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3706, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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