Accident Piper PA-30 N7218Y, Thursday 11 August 1966
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Date:Thursday 11 August 1966
Time:09:02 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA30 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-30
Owner/operator:Catlin Avaition Company
Registration: N7218Y
MSN: 30-244
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:near William R. Pogue Municipal Airport, Sand Springs, Oklahoma -   United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:William R. Pogue Airport, Sand Springs, Oklahoma (OWP/KOWP)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Written off (destroyed) August 11, 1966 when crashed near William R. Pogue Municipal Airport, Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma; all three persons on board (pilot and two passengers) were killed. According to the official NTSB report into the accident:

"Pilot in command - continued VFR flight into adverse (IFR only) weather conditions. Aircraft collided with trees, and caught fire after impact"

Registration N7218Y cancelled by the FAA on June 24, 1970

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: FTW68F0033
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. NTSB Identification: FTW68F0033 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=24044&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7218Y
3. http://planecrashmap.com/list/ok/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Jan-2017 17:53 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]

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