Piper PA-23 N5511Y
3 June 1972 · So.lk.tahoe, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 3 June 1972 at about 00:30 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N5511Y was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near So.lk.tahoe, California, United States. 5 people were on board and 2 died, 3 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 00:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- So.lk.tahoe, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Lake Tahoe
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-23
- Registration
- N5511Y
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Tooele, Ut → S
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-0784
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 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
PLT APCHD WRONG RWY, LOST CTL IN ATTEMPTED GO AROUND.GR AND FLAPS DOWN.HAD FLOWN 4 HRS AT 12500 FT.
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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