- Date
- November 13, 1968
- Place
- Cheyenne, WY · CHEYENNE, WY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4877PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 23, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192141
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4723 68/11/13 CHEYENNE,WYO PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2313 N4877P PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AGE 37, 3314 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 875 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT: OTHER MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- MAIL FLT.RECOVERY DATE-11/19/69.STRUCK MT.BELOW MEA. OFF COURSE. PLT INDICATED NAV EQUIP PROBLEM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4877P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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