ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 127656
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Date: | Tuesday 31 August 1971 |
Time: | 15:30 |
Type: | Piper PA-39 Twin Comanche C/R |
Owner/operator: | Piper Aircraft Corporation |
Registration: | N8843Y |
MSN: | 39-1 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | West Milton, Pennsylvania -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | Lock Haven, Pennsylvania (LHV/KLHV) |
Destination airport: | Lock Haven, Pennsylvania (LHV/KLHV) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Prototype (first production) Piper PA-39 Twin Comanche C/R (a version of the PA-30 with counter-rotating 160 hp Lycoming IO-320-B1A engines and modified wing leading edges). First flown May 1970. Written off (destroyed) August 31, 1971 when crashed at West Milton, Pennsylvania on a test flight from the Piper facility at Lock Haven. The pilot (the sole person on board) bailed out and survived. According to the official NTSB report into the accident:
"STALL-SPIN TEST FLIGHT. UNABLE TO RECOVER FROM SPIN, PILOT BAILED OUT."
Registration N8843Y cancelled by the FAA on December 15, 1972
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | NYC72FGT03 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: NYC72FGT03 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=62971&key=0 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=8843Y 3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://planecrashmap.com/list/pa/N8843Y]
4.
http://www.comancheflyer.com/PA30_39.htm Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Jun-2013 11:36 |
Uli Elch |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
29-Jan-2017 22:28 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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