| Date: | Tuesday 28 March 1967 |
| Time: | 17:23 |
| Type: | Piper PA-30 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7801Y |
| MSN: | 30-880 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Edgartown, Massachusetts -
United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Martha's Vineyard Airport, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts (MVY/KMVY) |
| Destination airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Written off (destroyed) March 28, 1967 when crashed at Edgartown, Massachusetts; both persons on board (pilot and one passenger) were killed. According to the follow9ng excerpts from the official NTSB report into the accident:
"Both wing outer sections separated in flight from positive overload failure. Pilot in command continued VFR flight into adverse (IFR) flight conditions, and suffered spatial disorientation"
Accident investigation:
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| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Report number: | NYC67A0133 |
| Status: | Investigation completed |
| Duration: | 3 months |
| Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: NYC67A0133 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=19632&key=0 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7801Y 3.
http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ma/N7801Y/ Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
| 17-Jan-2017 19:47 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, ] |
| 17-Jan-2017 19:56 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jul-2019 18:25 |
BEAVERSPOTTER |
Updated [Cn, ] |
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