- Date
- October 10, 1972
- Place
- Dixie, WA · DIXIE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6707YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169136
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2815 72/10/10 DIXIE,WASH PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 60, 5597 TIME - 1800 N6707Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WALLA WALLA CTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HELENA,MONT WALLA WALLA,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYPOXIA MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE REMARKS- SPRING NDB,USED TO MARK INITIAL APCH FIX,NOT TUNED IN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6707Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Walla Walla Cty
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