ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13591
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 February 1969 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31 Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | Visador Company Inc |
| Registration: | N440VC |
| MSN: | 31-416 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Jasper County-Bell Field, Jasper, Texas -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Dallas County |
| Jasper County- Jasper County Airport | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 5 February 1969 when crashed during initial climb out from Jasper County-Bell Field, Jasper, Texas (JAS/KJAS). According to the NTSB report, the pilot in command "continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions". Aircraft destroyed when collided with trees. Pilot of aircraft in vicinity diverted to Beaumont, Texas, because of low ceiling and poor visibility conditions.
Of the four persons on board, three - both crew and one passenger - were killed. The other passenger survived with serious injuries.
NOTE: This crash should not be confused with the crash of the "other" Piper PA-31 registration number N440VC, a PA-31-310 c/no 31-486, which crashed on Saturday, January 08, 2005 in Crooked Island, Bahamas
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: FTW69A0052 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=9043&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=440VC
3. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/tx/N440VC/
4. http://web.archive.org/web/20150911194233/http://www.baaa-acro.com/1969/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-jasper-3-killed/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Oct-2011 02:10 | Anon. | Updated [Cn] |
| 29-Mar-2013 12:00 | Anon. | Updated [Damage] |
| 26-Apr-2015 21:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 12-Sep-2017 18:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 20-Apr-2020 06:34 | Anon. | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
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