- Date
- February 2, 1977
- Place
- Moro, OR · MORO, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N484GPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770202006029A
- Case key
- 157363
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0243 77/2/2 MORO,OR PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2023 N484G PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 39, 4500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 700 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ONTARIO,OR VANCOUVER,WA DALLESPORT,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RCVRD 2/4/77.COLLIDED WITH RISING TERRAIN IN LEVEL POWERED FLIGHT.MISSED TURN IN PROPOSED ROUTE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N484G
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N484GRegistration cancelled May 25, 1977 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.