- Date
- July 27, 1972
- Place
- Wenatchee, WA · WENATCHEE, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6816DConvair PB4Y-2
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168075
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2798 72/7/27 WENATCHEE,WASH CONVAIR PB4Y-2 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 10600 TIME - 1818 N6816D PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC FIRE CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PANGBORN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WENATCHEE,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- FLAMES DESTROYED AFT SECTION OF FUSELAGE FORWARD OF TAIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6816D
- Reported as
- Convair PB4Y-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pangborn
N6816DRegistration cancelled Dec 20, 1977 · Consolidated Vultee P4Y-2Airframe modelConsolidated Vultee P4Y-2
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