- Date
- June 27, 1974
- Place
- Safford, AZ · SAFFORD, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7237CConvair P4Y-2
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740627020819A
- Case key
- 173422
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1735 74/6/27 NR.SAFFORD,ARIZ CONVAIR P4Y-2 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 12000 TIME - 0726 N7237C PX- 0 0 0 FIRE CONTROL TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUCSON,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- DURING FIRE CNTRL SLURRY RUN ACFT HIT TREES ON MTN SLOPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7237C
- Reported as
- Convair P4Y-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7237CRegistration cancelled Jun 5, 2021 · Consolidated Vultee P4Y-2Airframe modelConsolidated Vultee P4Y-2Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-1830 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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