N1970A

Piper PA-20

Register facts: FAA Aircraft Registry (Releasable Aircraft Database) (open data).

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

  • August 9, 1982Accident

    DURING TAKEOFF, THE PILOT RAISED THE TAIL AT ABOUT 50 MPH AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT. DESPITE THE PILOT'S COUNTERMEASURES, IT DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT GEAR THEN COLLAPSED AND THE RIGHT WING AND PROPELLER WERE DAMAGED.

    Piper PA-20

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file

Worst recorded outcome: substantial damage.

  • August 7, 1983Accidentsubstantial damage

    Piper PA-20 · Fort Ware 6N · A83P0905

    The aircraft was about 25 miles north of Fort Ware, British Columbia en route from Ingenika to Watson Lake, when oil started covering the windshield. The pilot turned around to land at Fort Ware. Ten miles out of Fort Ware, the oil pressure gauge was reading zero, and the pilot decided to land immediately. During the…

Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).