- Date
- May 6, 1977
- Place
- Bigtrails, WY · BIGTRAILS, WY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4948FPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770506013599A
- Case key
- 158256
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1087 77/5/6 NR.BIGTRAILS,WY PIPER PA-34 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 188 TIME - 2215 N4948F PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WORLAND,WY CASPER,WY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- DARK NIGHT,SURROUNDING AREA UNINHABITED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4948F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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