Piper PA-23 N91Y
10 March 1972 · Brookings, Oregon, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 10 March 1972 at about 20:35 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N91Y, operated by Benbow Aero, In, was involved in an accident during in flight near Brookings, Oregon, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:35
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Brookings, Oregon, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-23
- Registration
- N91Y
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Benbow Aero, In
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Portland, Oreg → Crescent City, Calif
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-0098
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 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
SPL VFR CLRNC-ENTER CEC CTL ZONE N OF CEC AT OR BLO 6000FT.HIT MTN APRX 1300FT MSL.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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