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| Date: | Tuesday 5 December 1972 |
| Time: | 15:15 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28R-200 |
| Owner/operator: | Southwest Avia |
| Registration: | N5009S |
| MSN: | 28R-35733 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Dragoon, Az -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| El Paso, TX | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
mountain tops along or near path obscured by cloud.Inflight separation of empennage
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-May-2018 07:17 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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