Piper AZTEC N6LQ

Summary

On 26 November 1985 at about 22:30 local time, a Piper AZTEC registered N6LQ was involved in an accident near North Adams, Massachusetts, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 November 1985 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

North Adams, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

Harriamn-West (2B6)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper AZTEC

Registration

N6LQ

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Albany → No. Adams

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

Unk

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC86LA044

1 person had minor injuries.

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 FLIGHT DEPARTED ALBANY NEW YORK UNDER VFR CONDITIONS AND PICKED UP IFR CLEARANCE TO PITTSFIELD, MA. THE PILOT FLEW THE APPROACH UNTIL REACHING VFR UNDER A CLOUD LAYER AT ABOUT 2500 FT. CONTINUING VFR TOWARD NO. ADAMS AT AN ALTITUDE OF 2000 FT, THE PILOT SPOTTED THE CITY OF NO. ADAMS AN DESCENDED TO 1800 FT, RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE ACTIVATED AS THE FLIGHT TURNED FINAL. THE FLIGHT COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN AND CRASHED, DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.