ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 37619
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| Date: | Sunday 27 November 1983 |
| Time: | 15:20 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-23-160 Apache |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4089P |
| MSN: | 23-1568 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Silver Creek, NY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Jamestown, NY (JHW) |
| Dunkirk, NY (DKK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
THE TWO ACFT WERE INVOLVED IN A MIDAIR COLLISION NEAR SILVER CREEK, NY. THE PLT OF N4089P WAS FLYING IN THE LEFT SEAT & USING AN INSTRUMENT HOOD WITH A SAFETY PLT IN THE RIGHT SEAT. THE PLT OF THE OTHER ACFT WAS ON A PLEASURE FLT WITH HIS DAUGHTER. BOTH ACFT CAME TO REST ABOUT 400 YARDS APART ON THE GROUND. N4089P & N96268 COLLIDED ABOUT 4.6 MI NORTH- EAST OF THE DUNKIRK airport (UNCONTROLLED), WHILE PROCEEDING INBOUND TOWARD THE ARPT. WITNESSES SAW THE TWO ACFT CONVERGE &COLLIDE. THE PIPER CROSSED UNDER THE CESSNA AT ABOUT 2000 FT MSL (1400 FT AGL). THE CESSNA LOST ABOUT 2 FT OF ITS RIGHT WING AND THE PIPER LOST THE LEFT WING OUTBOARD OF THE NACELLE AND ITS VERTICAL FIN AND RUDDER. THERE WERE NO KNOWN RADIOCALLS FROM EITHER ACFT BEFORE, DURING OR AFTER THE COLLISION. OTHER PLTS DESCRIBED THE VISIBILITY AS GOOD WITH AN OVERCAST SKY AND NO SUNCLARE. BOTH ACFT CRASHED OUT OF CONTROL IN WOODED AREAS. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001214X45177
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Sep-2016 18:35 | LanceSpencer | Updated [Location] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Oct-2019 18:35 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
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