Plane Crash List

Piper PA-23-250 N6843A

9 October 1982 · Anchorage, Alaska, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 9 October 1982 at about 20:30 local time, a Piper PA-23-250 registered N6843A, operated by Jerome P. Bushnell, was involved in an accident near Anchorage, Alaska, United States. 3 people were on board and one was seriously injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport
Anchorage International
Coordinates
61.2207, -149.8494
Aircraft
Piper PA-23-250
Registration
N6843A
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Jerome P. Bushnell
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Anchorage → Anchorage
Aircraft damage
Not recorded
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC83LA004

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 0 1 0 2

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

SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE THE FLT RECEIVED RADAR VECTORS PLACING IT NEAR A VFR REPORTING POINT LOCATED 4 MI PAST THE DEPARTURE END OF RWY 32 & 2 MI EAST OF THE RWY CENTERLINE. TRAFFIC ADVISORIES WERE ISSUED BY APPROACH CONTROL INDICATING A BEOING 747 CLIMBING NORTHBOUND & A BOEING 747 ON DEPARTURE FROM RWY 32. THE CHECK PLT STATED HE SAW THE BOEING 747 CLIMBING NORTHBOUND WHICH PASSED IN FRONT & AT A LOWER ALTITUDE. HE THEN LOOSENED HIS SEATBELT TO LOOK FOR THE OTHER BOEING 747. MOMENTS LATER THE ACFT SUSTAINED A SEVERE JOLT THROWING THE CHECK PLT AGAINST THE CEILING OF THE ACFT INJURING HIS NECK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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