Date:	Saturday 3 January 1976
Time:	17:00
Type:	Piper PA-28-235
Owner/operator:
Registration:	N44600
MSN:	28-741009
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Ibapah, UT -   United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	Battle Mountain, NV
Destination airport:	Albuquerque, NM
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
FACTOR(S)
WEATHER - LOW CEILING
WEATHER - SNOW
WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET, FREEZING RAIN, ETC.
TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Hit obscured mtn slope. Aircraft recovered on 1/5/76.

NTSB Identification: DEN76AD027
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=51571&key=0
Aircraft Specifics: http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N44600.html

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Feb-2008 12:00	ASN archive	Added
14-May-2012 04:33	Kid A	Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
14-May-2012 11:59	Kid A	Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Destination airport, Source, ]
01-Apr-2022 06:48	PolandMoment	Updated [Narrative, ]