ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34901
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Date: | Saturday 19 October 1985 |
Time: | 19:47 |
Type: | Piper PA-28-236 |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N4298K |
MSN: | 28-8311018 |
Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
Total airframe hrs: | 868 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Tobyhanna, PA -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Mount Pocono, PA (MPO) |
Destination airport: | Teterboro, NJ (TEB) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:AT ABOUT THE TIME N4298K WAS DEPARTING POCONO MOUNTAINS MUN ICIPAL AIRPORT, RECORDED RADAR INFORMATION FROM NEW YORK ARTCC DISPLAYED AN AIRCRAFT IN THAT AREA. THE AIRCRAFT FLEW EASTWARD AND THEN NORTHWARD. THE AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED FROM THE RADAR SCREEN ABOUT THREE MILES NORTH OF THE AIRPORT. N4298K WAS LOCATED ABOUT ONE HALF OF A MILE FROM THAT AIRCRAFT'S LAST POSITION. ACCORDING TO WEATHER OBSERVATIONS AND WITNESS IN THE AREA, THE CEILING WAS AT 1100 FEET AND VISIBILITY WAS IMPAIRED BY FOG AROUND POCONO MOUNTAINS AIRPORT AT ABOUT THE TIME N4298K DEPARTED. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001214X38122 Revision history:
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