- Date
- January 31, 1975
- Place
- Mulgulanga V, SF · MULGULANGA V,ZAIR, South Africa
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6759YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 148680
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0002 75/1/31 MULGULANGA V,ZAIR PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1627 TIME - 1645 N6759Y PX- 0 0 0 SEEDING CLOUDS TOTAL HOURS, 453 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KOLWEZI,ZAIR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- EXPERIENCED NAV-COMM FAILURE,BECAME LOST,LNDD ON DIRT TRAIL.INVEST JURISDICTION GOVT OF ZAIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6759Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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