- Date
- November 3, 1973
- Place
- Wenatchee, WA · WENATCHEE, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5806UPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731103034609A
- Case key
- 187916
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3720 73/11/3 NR.WENATCHEE,WASH PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, UNK/NR TIME - 1530 N5806U PX- 1 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WENATCHEE,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLEW INTO BLIND CANYON FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ACFT NEAR MAX GWT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5806U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5806U · 1
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