Piper PA-24 N7940P
30 April 1976 · Vanceboro, North Carolina, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 30 April 1976 at about 18:30 local time, a Piper PA-24 registered N7940P was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Vanceboro, North Carolina, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 18:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Vanceboro, North Carolina, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-24
- Registration
- N7940P
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Sharon, Pa → Wilmington, Nc
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3489
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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
NAV RADIOS BECAME UNRELIABLE.LNDD ON DIRT ROAD, WING CAUGHT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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