Piper PA-23 N40233
3 April 1973 · Gatlinburg, Tennessee, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 3 April 1973 at about 11:55 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N40233, operated by Sundorph Aeron, was involved in an accident during in flight near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 11:55
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Gatlinburg, Tennessee, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-23
- Registration
- N40233
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Sundorph Aeron
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Cincinnati, Ohio → Z
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3227
People
4 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 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
OBS AT LOW ALT OVER NATL PARK. CLRD MTN RIDGE & FLEW INTO TREES. GUSTING TO 20K.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jun 1973 | Piper PA-23 | Dyersburg, Tennessee, United States | Archway Aviati | No injuries | - |
| 21 Jul 1973 | Piper PA-23 | Ona, West Virginia, United States | - | Fatal | 4 |
| 28 Nov 1973 | Piper PA-23 | Hanover, New Hampshire, United States | JIM Hankins A* | Fatal | 1 |
| 15 May 1973 | Piper PA-23 | Boone, North Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 18 Dec 1973 | Piper PA-23 | Weatherford, Oklahoma, United States | Green Acres RA | Fatal | 2 |
| 20 Aug 1973 | Piper PA-23 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Southern Insti | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 1973 | Cessna 150J | No.olmstead, Ohio, United States | Ortner Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1973 | Cessna 180 | Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 172 | Bristol, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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