Piper PA-31 N54294

19 September 1976 · Pinon, New Mexico, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 19 September 1976 at about 00:10 local time, a Piper PA-31 registered N54294 was involved in an accident during in flight near Pinon, New Mexico, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 19 September 1976 at 00:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Pinon, New Mexico, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-31
Registration: N54294
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Other
Purpose of flight: Other
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Z → Z
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-3903

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	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

EVIDENCE OF LARGE AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA FOUND IN WRECKAGE. HIT TREES ON SECOND LOW PASS.

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 3-3903, 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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