Piper PA-30 N7619Y

Summary

On 6 January 1983 at about 02:11 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N7619Y was involved in an accident near Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 January 1983 at 02:11

Classification

Accident

Location

Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

Nearest airport

Atlantic City (ACY)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-30

Registration

N7619Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Atlantic City → Oxford

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC83FA049

2 people died.

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

THE PLT HAD LANDED AT ATLANTIC CITY, NJ AT APRX 1545 WHILE EN ROUTE TO OXFORD, CT. BEFORE TAKING OFF, HE CONTACTED TWO FSS'S AND BOTH ADVISED THAT VFR FLT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED. THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PLT TOOK OFF AT APRX 1920 LOCAL TIME WITH NO FLT PLAN. AT 2102, HE CONTACTED ATLANTIC CITY APCH CONTROL. HE REPORTED THAT HE WAS ON A VFR FLT AT 1500 FT, HAD ENCOUNTERED IMC, AND REQUESTED ASSISTANCE TO LAND AT ATLANTIC CITY. THE PLT WAS ADVISED THAT IFR WX CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT ATLANTIC CITY, THEN THE ACFT WAS RADAR IDENTIFIED APRX 3 MI EAST OF THE ARPT. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE HAD THE ARPT LIGHTS IN SIGHT AND WOULD CIRCLE TO LAND. HOWEVER, HE SUBSEQUENTLY STATED HE HAD LOST THE LIGHTS. THE PLT WAS THEN ADVISED THAT A SEARCH FOR VFR WX WAS BEING CONDUCTED, TO WHICH HE ACKNOWLEDGED. AT 2210, RADIO CONTACT WAS LOST WHEN THE ACFT CRASHED ON ARPT PROPERTY. THE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED IN A WOODEN AREA APRX 2000 FT WEST OF THE APCH END OF RWY 13. INITIAL IMPACT WAS WITH A TREE WHILE ON A NORTHERLY HEADING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.