- Date
- December 28, 1976
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N4573PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761228042539A
- Case key
- 157106
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4039 76/12/28 MISSING AIRCRAFT PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - UNK/NR N4573P PX- 5 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG 1321 TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANGUILLA ISLAND,WI BEEF ISLAND,WI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- DAMAGE AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4573P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4573PRegistration cancelled Jul 24, 2012 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.