Piper PA-28 N2163T

17 March 1979 · Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 17 March 1979 at about 17:27 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N2163T, operated by Westover Aero, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 March 1979 at 17:27
Classification: Accident
Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States
Nearest airport: Westover Afb
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-28
Registration: N2163T
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Westover Aero
Operating rule: Flying Club (Military)
Purpose of flight: Dual
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0701

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

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

IMULATED ENG FAILURE AFTR TAKOF.

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 3-0701, 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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