# NTSB SEA72AS023: Piper PA-23, N5006Y, American Falls, ID, December 10, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 10, 1971
- Place: American Falls, ID · AMERICAN FALLS, ID
- Location: 42.7828° N, 112.8542° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of American Falls, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7828&lon=-112.8542&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164986
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA72AS023
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA72AS023

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3885  71/12/10 NR.AMERICAN FALLS,ID  PIPER PA-23         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 47, 2691
        TIME - 1830                    N5006Y              PX-  2  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 341 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          BOISE,ID                    POCATELLO,ID                 TWIN FALLS,ID
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - SNOW
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OBSCURATION                                               300
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1 MILE OR LESS                                           SNOW
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          NONE                                                      23
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          180                                                       13
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      VFR
        REMARKS- RCVRY DATE 12/11/71.ENCTRD DETERIORATING WX CONDITIONS AT NIGHT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5006Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5006Y-1972-01-06), registration cancelled 1972-01-06, S/N 27-2006 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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