Piper PA-23 N6055Y

Summary

On 18 January 1969 at about 18:22 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N6055Y, operated by Sonora Airlin*, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Sparks, 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

18 January 1969 at 18:22

Classification

Accident

Location

Sparks, Nevada, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-23

Registration

N6055Y

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

2

Operator

Sonora Airlin*

Operating rule

Air Taxi Operator

Purpose of flight

Air Taxi-Passenger Operations

Phase of flight

Landing

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night (Dark)

NTSB number

3-1057

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

DESCENDED BELOW PUBLISHED APPCH MIN. PLT KNEW ILS G/S INOP. ALT ERROR PLUS 330 FT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.