- Date
- June 2, 1972
- Place
- Safford, AZ · SAFFORD, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N140XAero Comdr 500-A
- Status
- Completed · report February 9, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166523
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1671 72/6/2 NR.SAFFORD,ARIZ AERO COMDR 500-A CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1730 N140X PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY 34, 7589 TOTAL HOURS, 48 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAFFORD,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-LOSS OF CTL IN MTN TERRAIN FOR UNDET REASON. REMARKS- NO WITNESSES TO STEEP NOSE DOWN IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N140X
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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