- Date
- October 6, 1972
- Place
- Wittmann, AZ · WITTMANN, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2906TAero Comdr 200D
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168828
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3528 72/10/6 WITTMANN,ARIZ AERO COMDR 200D CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 3500 TIME - 1900 N2906T PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1287 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ANA,CALIF PHOENIX,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: REGULATOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- VOLTAGE REG FAILED ON DARK NITE OVER DESERT AREA. NO FLASHLIGHT ABD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2906T
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 200D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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