Piper PA-32 N3439W
12 February 1970 · Nocona, Texas, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 12 February 1970 at about 19:30 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N3439W, operated by Altus Airline*, was involved in an accident during in flight near Nocona, Texas, United States. 5 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 4 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 19:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Nocona, Texas, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32
- Registration
- N3439W
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Altus Airline*
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Dallas, Tex → Altus, Okla
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Dusk
- NTSB number
- 3-0018
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
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
L MAG IMPULSE COUPLING CAM, ACCESSSORY GEAR TRAINFAILED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | E W Wiggins AI | No injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Albany, New York, United States | McIntyre Aviat | No injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1970 | N American SNJ-4 | Dothan, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 12 Dec 1970 | Aeronca 11AC | Butler, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |