Piper PA-23 N5001Y
6 December 1977 · Tonopah, Nevada, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 6 December 1977, a Piper PA-23 registered N5001Y was involved in an accident during in flight near Tonopah, Nevada, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Tonopah, Nevada, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-23
- Registration
- N5001Y
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Other
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Z → Z
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Light
- Unknown/Not Reported
- NTSB number
- 3-3666
People
2 people were seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 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
ILLICIT TRANSPORTATION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.HIT HILLSIDE.1 GAL FUEL FOUND IN EXTRA AUX CELL.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Jan 1977 | Piper PA-23 | Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, United States | Piper Aircraft | No injuries | - |
| 21 Jul 1977 | Piper PA-23 | Plano, Illinois, United States | Roger Smith AI | Fatal | 1 |
| 21 Aug 1977 | Piper PA-23 | Hollister, California, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jan 1977 | Piper PA-23 | Datil, New Mexico, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 2 Mar 1977 | Piper PA-23 | Streator, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Apr 1977 | Piper PA-23 | Weathersfield, Connecticut, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
All 1,716 records for this type
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar 1977 | Cessna 182Q | Mangum, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1977 | Beechcraft B24R | Anchorage, Alaska, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 Apr 1977 | Hiller UH-12E | Thermal, California, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 22 May 1977 | Piper PA-18 | Fort Plain, New York, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Jul 1977 | Cessna 188 | Brookland, Arkansas, United States | JAY H Harmon | No injuries | - |
| 1 May 1977 | Eaa Biplane P | Kennewick, Washington, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |