Piper PA-23 N6879Y
19 November 1970 · Poestenkill, New York, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 19 November 1970 at about 22:46 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N6879Y, operated by Rensselaer Co., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Poestenkill, New York, United States. 3 people were on board and one died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 22:46
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Poestenkill, New York, United States
- Nearest airport
- Rensselaer County
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-23
- Registration
- N6879Y
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Rensselaer Co.
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Hartford, Conn → S
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-2039
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
PLT ATMTD IFR APCH TO ARPT WITH NO APVD INST APCH PROCEDURE.VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | E W Wiggins AI | No injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Albany, New York, United States | McIntyre Aviat | No injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1970 | N American SNJ-4 | Dothan, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Ridgely, Maryland, United States | Charles B Todd | No injuries | - |
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| 12 Dec 1970 | Aeronca 11AC | Butler, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |