Accident Piper PA-24 N7140P, Wednesday 17 January 1973
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Date:Wednesday 17 January 1973
Time:11:14
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA24 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-24
Owner/operator:
Registration: N7140P
MSN: 24-2305
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Navajo, Az -   United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature:Executive
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Bakersfield, CA
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
cont flight into area of severe turb. Both outbd wg panels,ailerons and r horiz stab sep.Rcvr 1/18/73

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: LAX73AL035
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 3 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Feb-2008 12:00 ASN archive Added

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