- Date
- December 6, 1981
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N13792Piper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1983
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811206080309A
- Case key
- 122690
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3686 81/12/6 NR.TUCSON,AZ PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 33, 876 TIME - 2052 N13792 PX- 1 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT HI-VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION TWR.CONTRABAND FLIGHT.ACFT WAS UNDER SURVEILLANCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13792
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N13792Registration cancelled Mar 1, 2011 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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