Plane Crash List

Piper PA-18 N8105D

17 May 1985 · Moose River, New York, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 17 May 1985 at about 17:10 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N8105D was involved in an accident near Moose River, New York, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 17:10
Classification
Accident
Location
Moose River, New York, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-18
Registration
N8105D
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Instructional
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Unknown → Indian Lake
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
NYC85LA207

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

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

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING TAKEOFF AND CRASHED. THE PLT SAID HE ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE AT ABOUT 100 FT AGL WHICH' FORCED' THE ACFT INTO THE TREES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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