ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 8715
Last updated: 4 October 2020
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| Date: | 29-SEP-1973 |
| Time: | 19:10 |
| Type: |  Cessna 402B |
| Owner/operator: | Southwestern Railway Company |
| Registration: | N69307 |
| C/n / msn: | 402B-0425 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Utica, MT -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Stanford, MT |
| Stanford, MT |
The twin engine airplane departed Stanford Airport in the evening on a local pleasure flight. While flying at a relative low altitude, the pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in flames in a prairie located in Utica, about 14 miles southeast of Stanford.
- Cause:
"It was determined that the aircraft stalled due to an insufficient speed. The following factors were reported:
- The pilot failed to maintain flying speed,
- Unwarranted low flying,
- Physical impairment,
- Alcoholic impairment of efficiency and judgment,
- Buzzed tavern twice,
- Pilot blood alcohol level 0,9‰."
Sources:
NTSB
La Nación 3 October 1973,p10A
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-May-2017 20:11 | TB | Updated [Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 29-Mar-2020 02:16 | Captain Adam | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
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