- Date
- March 14, 1972
- Place
- Salem, OR · SALEM, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5600YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165367
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0109 72/3/14 SALEM,OREG PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 1276 TIME - 1410 N5600Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 661 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORTLAND,OREG GRANTS PASS,OREG TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WING TIPS SEPD PRIOR TO IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5600Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5600YRegistration cancelled Aug 14, 1972 · Piper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)
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