- Date
- February 24, 1966
- Place
- New Plymouth, ID · NEW PLYMOUTH, ID
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7831PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174144
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0164 66/2/24 NR.NEW PLYMOUTH ID PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0615 N7831P PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 37, 4119 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 270 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- AIRCRAFT SEEN TO ENTER ABRUPT DESCENT AT ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 500 FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7831P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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