- Date
- October 22, 1977
- Place
- Corona, NM · CORONA, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1906TPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771022041119A
- Case key
- 144749
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3895 77/10/22 NR.CORONA,NM PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1800 TIME - 0145 N1906T PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROSWELL,NM ALBUQUERQUE,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DARK NIGHT,VFR CONDITIONS.10MILES S OF COURSE,HIT MTN PEAK.NORMALLY FLEW AIRWAYS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1906T
- 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.