ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13561
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| Date: | 14-FEB-1969 |
| Time: | 18:20 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche |
| Owner/operator: | Development Services |
| Registration: | N7783Y |
| MSN: | 30- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Goodwin Field Airport, El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Goodwin Field Airport, El Dorado, Arkansas (ELD/KELD) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) February 14, 1969 when crashed at/near Goodwin Field Airport, El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas (at approximate Coordinates 33°13′16″N 092°48′48″W): aircraft undershot, collided with trees and crashed during night landing approach. Aircraft on controlled VFR flight plan, although the flight conditions were IFR weather.
The pilot (the sole person on board) was killed. According to the official NTSB report into the accident: "PROBABLE CAUSE(S) - PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE. FACTOR(S) - WEAT HER - LOW CEILING - RAIN - FOG"
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: FTW69A0056 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=9045&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=7783Y
3. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ar/N7783Y/
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 Mar 1966 | N7355Y | Sheriffs Dept Aircraft. Flight to pick up prisoner Kan | 2 | Lake Charles, Louisiana | |
w/o |
| 6 Sep 1967 | N8411Y | US Auto Club | 2 | Crawfordsville, Union Township, Montgomery County, Indiana | |
w/o |
| 13 May 1969 | N8672Y | Private | 6 | Ripon, San Joaquin County, California | |
w/o |
| 30 Jun 1969 | N8609Y | Delware Aviation | 2 | Rancocas, Westampton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey | |
w/o |
| 4 Sep 1970 | N8636Y | Private | 2 | Prince George Airport, Prince George, British Columbia |  |
sub |
| 21 Sep 1974 | N8753Y | Private | 0 | Rosenbaum Field Airport, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin | |
w/o |
| Fuel starvation. | ||||||
| 5 Aug 1976 | N1139T | Private | 0 | Grayson Airport, Summerton, Clarendon County, South Carolina | |
w/o |
| Wire strike. | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jan-2017 16:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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