ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 8715
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Date: | Saturday 29 September 1973 |
Time: | 19:10 |
Type: | Cessna 402B |
Owner/operator: | Southwestern Railway Company |
Registration: | N69307 |
MSN: | 402B0425 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Utica, MT -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Stanford, MT |
Destination airport: | Stanford, MT |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative: 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‰."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | SEA74AS018 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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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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