Date:	Sunday 25 November 1979
Time:
Type:	Piper PA-23-250 Aztec
Owner/operator:	Don Peterson & Associates Steel Building Co
Registration:	N6496Y
MSN:	27-363
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Columbus Municipal Airport, NB -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Columbus Municipal Airport, Columbus, Nebraska (OLU/LOLU)
Destination airport:	Fremont, Nebraska
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Crashed. According to the following excerpt from the official NTSB report into the accident:

"PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. SPATIAL DISORIENTATION, UNCONTROLLED DESCENT"

1. NTSB Identification: MKC80FA010 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=35451&key=0&queryId=ae308cbd-2adb-4757-9868-757799a9ec55&pgno=3&pgsize=200
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=6496Y

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Feb-2008 12:00	ASN archive	Added
09-Aug-2016 17:21	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
09-Aug-2016 18:08	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Location, Narrative, ]
07-Jun-2018 19:11	TB	Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, ]
07-Jun-2018 19:12	TB	Updated [Aircraft type, ]