- Date
- January 5, 1982, 00:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place
- Black Canyon Ci, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4696ZPiper PA-22
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 69969
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Weather condition - snowFactor
Weather condition - fogFactor
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - mountainous/hillyFactor
Vfr flight into imc - continuedCause
Analysis
The wreckage was located at the 3,030 foot elevation on the south side of a plateau. The weather in the area of the accident would have approximated the reported conditions at prescott, AZ located approximately 40 mi nnw.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4696Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22-8235
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1B, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dennis A. Conners
- Registered owner
- Norden G. Hanover II
N4696ZRegistration cancelled Aug 1, 2012 · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Invalid Medical for flight
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Temperature
- 93 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRC, 35 nm away