Interstate S-1A N37455

16 September 1968 · Bitter Creek, Wyoming, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 16 September 1968 at about 11:00 local time, a Interstate S-1A registered N37455, operated by Star Valley AE, was involved in an accident during in flight near Bitter Creek, Wyoming, United States. One person was on board and one died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 16 September 1968 at 11:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Bitter Creek, Wyoming, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Interstate S-1A
Registration: N37455
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Star Valley AE
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Other
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2443

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	2	0	0

Probable cause

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

N48100 STRUCK LEFT WG, N37455. BOTH PLTS HERDING HORSES.LOW LEVEL FLT, ROLLING TERRAIN.NO RADIO COMM

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2443, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Other Interstate S-1A accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
30 Jan 1969	Interstate S-1A N37273	Carter, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	Star Valley AI	Fatal	1
7 Mar 1967	Interstate S-1A N37307	Afton, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	Star Valley AI	No injuries	-
7 Aug 1966	Interstate S-1A N37236	Pt.townsend Wash, Washington, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
26 Apr 1966	Interstate S-1A N37307	Fontenelle Wyo, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
14 May 1972	Interstate S-1A N37216	Cascade Lock, Oregon, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
28 Feb 1976	Interstate S-1A N37377	Spivey, Kansas, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-

All 15 records for this type

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30 Jan 1968	Piper PA-22 N5744Z	Baytown, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
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27 Mar 1968	Piper PA-22 N3126Z	Laurel, Maryland, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
12 Apr 1968	Piper J5A N41180	Valparaiso, Indiana, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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31 May 1968	Cessna 182 N8761U	Medford, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-

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