Piper PA-32 N4244R

13 March 1970 · Pima, Arizona, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 13 March 1970 at about 11:00 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N4244R, operated by Rhodell Aviati, was involved in an accident during in flight near Pima, Arizona, United States. 5 people were on board and 5 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 13 March 1970 at 11:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Pima, Arizona, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-32
Registration: N4244R
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Rhodell Aviati
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Tucson, Ariz
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0402

People

5 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
5	5	0	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

RCURY DATE 3/29/70.ACFT HIT MTN IN BOX CANYON AT6800FT LVL.

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 3-0402, 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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