Piper PA-32 N8915N
28 December 1972 · Kearney, Nebraska, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 28 December 1972 at about 19:30 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N8915N, operated by 300 Co., was involved in an accident during in flight near Kearney, Nebraska, United States. 7 people were on board and 7 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 19:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Kearney, Nebraska, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32
- Registration
- N8915N
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- 300 Co.
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Denver, Colo → Omaha, Nebr
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-4137
People
7 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 7 | 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
WEA FCST INACCURATE. ARTCC CNTRLR INFLUENCED PLTDECISION BY PROVIDING ERRONEOUS WEA INFO.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-11 | Moberly, Missouri, United States | Tail Draggers | Fatal | 1 |
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