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| Date: | Thursday 30 January 1964 |
| Time: | 12:00 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche |
| Owner/operator: | Southwest Air Rangers |
| Registration: | N7208Y |
| MSN: | 30-234 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Priddy, Mills County, Northwestern Central Texas -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Albuquerque International Airport (ABQ/KABQ) |
| Comanche County–City Airport, Commanche, Texas (KMKN/MKN) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) January 30 1964 when crashed at Priddy, Mills County in Northwestern Central Texas. Aircraft Collided with trees in fog, crashed during low pass in rain, and caught fire after impact. Both persons on board (pilot and one passenger) were killed. According to the official NTSB report into the accident: "PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT; CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS"
Registration N7208Y cancelled by the FAA on December 30, 1970 (six years later)
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=200&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=7208Y
3. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/tx/N7208Y/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jan-2016 09:15 | JINX | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Mar-2016 22:26 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Mar-2016 20:24 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jan-2017 13:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
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