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) |
| Lock Haven, Pennsylvania (LHV/KLHV) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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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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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