MONTOURSVILLE, PA, USA
N9055F
PIPER PA-32-300
AFTER TAKEOFF, THE PLT REMAINED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO PRACTICE TAKEOFFS & LANDINGS. HE MADE A TOUCH-&-GO, THEN RPRTD ON A RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR ANOTHER LANDING. HE ACKNOWLEDGED A CLEARANCE TO CONTINUE, BUT MOMENTS LATER, AN ELT SIGNAL BEGAN TRANSMITTING. ABOUT 1 HR LATER, THE ACFT WAS FND WHERE IT HIT TREES & CRASHED, APRX 2-1/2 MI NW OF THE ARPT, NEAR THE TOP OF A HILL. ELEV OF THE CRASH SITE WAS ABOUT 985 FT; THE ARPT ELEV WAS 529 FT. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FND. AN OBSTRUCTION LIGHT HAD BEEN INSTALLED ON THE HILLTOP, BUT IT HAD BEEN INOP FOR SVRL YEARS.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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