Piper PA-32R-300 N478KT

Summary

On 17 September 1984 at about 00:18 local time, a Piper PA-32R-300 registered N478KT was involved in an accident near Linden, New Jersey, United States. 6 people were on board and 6 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 September 1984 at 00:18

Classification

Accident

Location

Linden, New Jersey, United States

Nearest airport

Linden (LDJ)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-32R-300

Registration

N478KT

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Edgartown → Linden

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Not Reported

NTSB number

NYC84FA314

6 people died.

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

ACFT COLLIDED WITH UTILITY POLE DURING A NIGHT VISUAL LNDG. THE POLE IS LOCATED ABOUT 583' FROM THE RWY THRESHOLD AND IS 58' HIGH. THE POLE WAS UNMARKED. THE PLT MADE 1 PREVIOUS NIGHT LNDG. AT THE ARPT AND 5 TOTAL LNDGS AT THE ARPT. THE INVESTIGATION DID NOT DISCLOSE EVIDENCE OF MALFUNCTION TO THE ACFT. THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT OR INCAPACITATION OF THE PLT. THE ELT WAS DEFECTIVE AND DID NOT ACTIVATE. A SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED ABOUT 1.5 HR AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND THE ACFT WAS FOUND ON THE ARPT ABOUT 30 MINS LATER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.