Date:	Tuesday 16 April 1968
Time:	12:30 LT
Type:	Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche
Owner/operator:	Capital Credit Co
Registration:	N7234Y
MSN:	30-258
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Silver Lake, Oregon -   United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Private Airstrip, Silver Lake, Oregon
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Written off (damaged beyond repair) April 16, 1968 when stalled and crashed on approach to a private airstrip at Silver Lake, Oregon (at approximate Coordinates: 43°7′41″N 121°2′49″W); no injuries reported to the three persons on board (pilot and two passengers). According to the following excerpt from the official NTSB report into the accident:

"PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
POWER PLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: HYDRAULIC PITCH CONTROL MECHANISM
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW
PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
FACTOR(S)
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPORT - SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
LOW AIR CHARGE OF 6 PSI G IN RIGHT PROPELLER, CAUSE UNDETERMINED. PILOT UNABLE TO FEATHER PROP."

Registration N7234Y cancelled by the FAA on July 2 1974

1. NTSB Identification: SEA69F0089 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=13115&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7234Y
3. http://planecrashmap.com/list/or/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-Jan-2017 00:06	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]