- Date
- October 22, 1968
- Place
- Cataldo, ID · CATALDO, ID
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1740JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192145
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4736 68/10/22 NR.CATALDO,ID PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 20, 90 TOTAL TIME - 1500 N1740J PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLEW INTO RISING TERRAIN WHILE SPOTTING GAME.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1740J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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