Piper PA-28R N7571J
22 December 1972 · St.charles, Missouri, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 22 December 1972 at about 19:55 local time, a Piper PA-28R registered N7571J, operated by Eagle Aviation, was involved in an accident during in flight near St.charles, Missouri, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 19:55
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- St.charles, Missouri, United States
- Nearest airport
- Arrowhead
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-28R
- Registration
- N7571J
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Eagle Aviation
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- St.louis, Mo → Keokuk, Iowa
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-4001
People
4 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 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
RADAR TARGET LOST ABT 2MIN AFTR TKOF.BEING RADARVECTORED, ADZD TINOP.RCVRD 12/23/72.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 1972 | Piper PA-28R | Paradise, Washington, United States | Sportsman Airp | Fatal | 3 |
| 4 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-28R | Corvallis, Oregon, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
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| 4 Aug 1972 | Piper PA-28R | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Feb 1972 | Piper PA-11 | Moberly, Missouri, United States | Tail Draggers | Fatal | 1 |
| 10 May 1972 | Douglas DC-9 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 1972 | Cessna 172K | Maysville, Kentucky, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 3 Oct 1972 | Piper PA-22 | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | Oxford Flying | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Aug 1972 | Amer Avco AA1A | Atco, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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