Schriever TRPEDO N73697
19 October 1974 · Chesire, Connecticut, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 19 October 1974 at about 12:20 local time, a Schriever TRPEDO registered N73697 was involved in an accident during in flight near Chesire, Connecticut, 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 12:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Chesire, Connecticut, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Schriever TRPEDO
- Registration
- N73697
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Oxford, Conn → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3694
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
LEFT WING SEPARATED FROM FUSELAGE DURING HIGH SPEED FLIGHT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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