Accident Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche CF-PHN,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13452
 
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Date:Wednesday 26 August 1964
Time:15:05
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA30 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: CF-PHN
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Choteau Airport, 1 nm NE of Choteau, Teton County, Montana -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Executive
Departure airport:Choteau Airport, Choteau, Montana (KCII/CII)
Destination airport:Choteau Airport, Choteau, Montana (KCII/CII)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Written off (destroyed) 26-08-1964 when stalled and spun into the ground during a go-around and a landing attempt from Choteau Airport (KCII/CII) a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Choteau, Teton County, Montana, United States. All four persons on board (pilot and three passengers) were killed

According to the NTSB report the cause of the accident was that the "pilot in command failed to obtain/maintain minimum flying speed, failed to retract landing gear and misued or failed to use flaps".

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: UNK64X3611
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

1. NTSB Identification at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=79407&key=0&queryId=6ba2e72d-acf3-4630-9d8e-958c1dc71d3b&pgno=2&pgsize=50
2. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/mt/CF-PHN/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Feb-2008 12:00 ASN archive Added
27-Feb-2016 19:07 Dr.John Smith Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
27-Feb-2016 19:08 Dr.John Smith Updated [Location]
02-Mar-2016 20:54 Dr.John Smith Updated [Destination airport, Source]
02-Mar-2016 20:55 Dr.John Smith Updated [Aircraft type]

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