- Date
- May 16, 1966
- Place
- Batesville, TX · BATESVILLE, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N4869PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172431
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0381 66/5/16 BATESVILLE TEX PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 46, UNK/NR TIME - 2045 N4869P PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- NIGHT FLIGHT OVER DARK UNLIGHTED TERRAIN.DESTINATION OF PILOT UNKNOWN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4869P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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