Piper PA-28R N3960X

31 August 1977 · Greenwich, Connecticut, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 31 August 1977 at about 01:26 local time, a Piper PA-28R registered N3960X, operated by Johnsons Flyin, was involved in an accident during in flight near Greenwich, Connecticut, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 31 August 1977 at 01:26
Classification: Accident
Location: Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
Nearest airport: Westchester Co
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-28R
Registration: N3960X
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Johnsons Flyin
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Corporate/Executive
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: White Plains, Ny → Clifford, Pa
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Dawn
NTSB number: 3-3040

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	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.

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 3-3040, 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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