- Date
- June 11, 1976
- Place
- Cheyenne, WY · CHEYENNE, WY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5448YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760611028519A
- Case key
- 154608
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2611 76/6/11 NR.CHEYENNE,WY PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 1623 TIME - 0140 N5448Y PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 418 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHEYENNE,WY RAWLINS,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NIGHT MAIL FLIGHT.PLT MADE LOW PASS OVER OPEN R OLLING TERRAIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5448Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5448Y · 2
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