Piper PA-23 N14194

15 May 1972 · Amboy, Washington, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 15 May 1972 at about 13:22 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N14194, operated by U.c.leasing, In, was involved in an accident during in flight near Amboy, Washington, United States. 6 people were on board and 6 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 15 May 1972 at 13:22
Classification: Accident
Location: Amboy, Washington, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-23
Registration: N14194
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: U.c.leasing, In
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Everett, Wash → Z
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0136

People

6 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
6	6	0	0	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

ACFT APRXLY 260 LBS OVR GROSS WT, AT REAR CG. R WING & EMPENNAGE SEPARATED DURG HI SPEED DESCENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0136, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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