ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39386
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Date: | Thursday 20 May 1982 |
Time: | 06:00 |
Type: | Rockwell Commander 112TC |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N4567W |
MSN: | 13057 |
Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
Total airframe hrs: | 1425 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Fort Apache, AZ -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | La Cholla, AZ (40E) |
Destination airport: | Fort Apache, AZ |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO FLY BETWEEN TWO PARKED CAMPERS IN A LEFT WING LOW ATTITUDE BEFORE HITTING A PINE TREE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN WENT INTO AN INVERTED POSITION BEFORE CONTACTING THE GROUND ABOUT 300 YARDS FROM THE CAMPERS. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PILOT HAD VISITED A DOCTOR ON THE DAY PREVIOUS TO THE ACCIDENT AND WAS ADVISED TO WEAR AN EYE PATCH AND CONSULT AN EYE DOCTOR. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20020917X03535 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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