Accident Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche N7202Y,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13477
 
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Date:Sunday 7 June 1964
Time:08:50
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA30 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N7202Y
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Oakland/Troy Airport, 2 miles east of Troy, Oakland County, Michigan -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Oakland/Troy Airport, Oakland County, Michigan (VLL/KVLL)
Destination airport:Oakland/Troy Airport, Oakland County, Michigan (VLL/KVLL)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Written off (destroyed) June 7 1964 when crashed after stalling and spinning at Oakland/Troy Airport. two miles east of Troy, Oakland County, Michigan. Aircraft was on an instructional check flight. This included practice recovery from a deliberately induced spin. However, the aircraft failed to recover and crashed. According to the official NTSB report: "Aircraft crashed in flat spin; reason recovery from spin not made known". All three persons on board (instructor, pilot under training and one passenger) were killed

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: UNK64X2181
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=80469&key=0
2. FAA; http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=7202Y

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Feb-2008 12:00 ASN archive Added
29-Feb-2016 23:25 Dr.John Smith Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Feb-2016 23:26 Dr.John Smith Updated [Location, Narrative]
29-Feb-2016 23:28 Dr.John Smith Updated [Location]

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