19771022041119A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Corona, NM · October 22, 1977

Date
October 22, 1977
Place
Corona, NM
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1906T
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN78FA004
Reported as
Piper PA23250
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,800 total300 in this make and model130 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Dark night,VFR conditions.10MILES s of course,hit mtn peak. Normally flew airways.

As the FAA filed it

DARK NIGHT,VFR CONDITIONS.10MILES S OF COURSE,HIT MTN PEAK.NORMALLY FLEW AIRWAYS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.