Piper PA-30 N7234Y
16 April 1968 · Silver Lake, Oregon, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 16 April 1968 at about 12:30 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N7234Y, operated by American Famil, was involved in an accident during in flight near Silver Lake, Oregon, United States. 3 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 12:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Silver Lake, Oregon, United States
- Nearest airport
- Farm Strip
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-30
- Registration
- N7234Y
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- American Famil
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3888
People
1 person had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
LOW AIR CHARGE OF 6 PSIG IN RT PROP, CAUSE UNDETERMINED. PLT UNABLE TO FEATHER PROP.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-30 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 1968 | Piper PA-30 | Twin Mountain, New Hampshire, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1968 | Piper PA-30 | Altus, Oklahoma, United States | Altus Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 9 Apr 1968 | Piper PA-30 | Laverne, California, United States | J.e.engineerin | No injuries | - |
| 6 Sep 1968 | Piper PA-30 | Manchester, Kentucky, United States | Curtis Turner | No injuries | - |
| 7 Jun 1968 | Piper PA-30 | Youngstown, Ohio, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 Aug 1968 | Piper PA-30 | Littleton, Colorado, United States | Penner Constru | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jan 1968 | Piper PA-22 | Baytown, Texas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 13 Mar 1968 | Cessna 150 | Mounds, Oklahoma, United States | Riverside Airl | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1968 | Piper PA-22 | Laurel, Maryland, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1968 | Piper J5A | Valparaiso, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 May 1968 | Mooney M20D | Santa Rosa, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 31 May 1968 | Cessna 182 | Medford, New Jersey, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |