Piper PA-23 N5853Y

Summary

On 4 December 1967 at about 21:51 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N5853Y, operated by Sonora Aviatio, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Reno, Nevada, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 December 1967 at 21:51

Classification

Accident

Location

Reno, Nevada, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-23

Registration

N5853Y

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

2

Operator

Sonora Aviatio

Operating rule

Air Taxi Operator

Purpose of flight

Air Taxi-Cargo Operations

Phase of flight

Landing

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night (Dark)

NTSB number

2-1128

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PLT DESCENDED BELOW APPROACH MINIMUMS.KNOWN ICING CONDITIONS.ACFT NOT ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPPED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.