Piper PA-32 N3681W

8 June 1972 · Nucla, Colorado, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 8 June 1972 at about 14:38 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N3681W was involved in an accident during in flight near Nucla, Colorado, 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: 8 June 1972 at 14:38
Classification: Accident
Location: Nucla, Colorado, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-32
Registration: N3681W
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Montrose, Colo
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0777

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

PLTS TIME AS OF 3/2/70. RECOVERY DATE 6/9/72. HIT TREES TRYING TO TURN AROUND.DENSITY ALT 10600 FT

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 3-0777, 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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