Date:	Monday 17 April 1967
Time:	10:27 LT
Type:	Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N7458Y
MSN:	30-521
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Halfway, Baker County, Oregon -   United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	Baker City Municipal Airport, Baker City, Oregon (BKE/KBKE)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Written off (destroyed) April 17, 1967 when crashed near Halfway, Baker County, Oregon (at approximate co ordinates 44°52′42″N 117°6′38″W) due to a structural failure of airframe in flight (believed wings separated from fuselage): all three persons on board (pilot and two passengers) were killed. According to the following excerpt from the official NTSB Report into the accident:

"Pilot in Command - Continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions; suffered spatial disorientation; exceeded design stress limit of aircraft. Pilot was recovering from illness diagnosed as acute gastritis - most likely cause,virus infection.

WEATHER - LOW CEILING - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARBURETTOR/INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED WITH CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS"

1. NTSB Identification: SEA67A0058 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=19732&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7458Y
3. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/or/N7458Y/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Feb-2008 12:00	ASN archive	Added
19-Jan-2017 22:21	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
08-Jul-2019 18:33	BEAVERSPOTTER	Updated [Cn, ]