- Date
- December 20, 1978
- Place
- Springerville, AZ · SPRINGERVILLE, AZ
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5734PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 138057
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4308 78/12/20 NR.SPRINGERVILLE,AZ PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 455 TIME - UNK/NR N5734P PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCOTTSDALE,AZ AMARILLO,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE 6/30/79.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5734P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5734PRegistration cancelled Oct 30, 2014 · Piper PA-24Airframe modelPiper PA-24Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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