Accident Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six N4237R, Tuesday 10 April 1973
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Date:Tuesday 10 April 1973
Time:16:53
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA32 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six
Owner/operator:Anderson Flight Service Inc
Registration: N4237R
MSN: 32-40602
Year of manufacture:1969
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Coraopolis, PA -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
descended below MDA on no g/s apch.Snow shwrs in approach zone.
Crashed in heavy wooded area. Pilot killed. Three british passengers survived.

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: NYC73AN131
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB
New Straits Times 12 April 1973, p2

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Feb-2008 12:00 ASN archive Added
02-Feb-2019 22:11 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, ]

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