Piper PA-30 N44SS

31 December 1976 · College Point, New York, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 31 December 1976 at about 14:16 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N44SS, operated by G & M Aircraft, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near College Point, New York, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 31 December 1976 at 14:16
Classification: Accident
Location: College Point, New York, United States
Nearest airport: Flushing
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-30
Registration: N44SS
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: G & M Aircraft
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: Flushing, Ny → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3916

People

4 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	4	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

SNOW PURPOSELY PACKED IN FUEL TANKS 3 DAYS PRIOR.

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 3-3916, 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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