- Date
- November 30, 1965
- Place
- Gila Bend, AZ · GILA BEND, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N12273Beech T34A
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174966
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0971 65/11/30 GILA BEND ARIZ BEECH T34A CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 34, 231 TIME - 1100 N12273 PX- 0 0 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 37 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-11/30/65.TIME OF CRASH ESTIMATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12273
- Reported as
- Beech T34A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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