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Piper PA-30B N7973Y

20 July 1973 · Aurora, Colorado, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 20 July 1973 at about 00:54 local time, a Piper PA-30B registered N7973Y was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Aurora, Colorado, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 00:54
Classification
Accident
Location
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-30B
Registration
N7973Y
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
Denver, Colo → Local
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Night (Dark)
NTSB number
3-1875

People

2 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 2 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

LOST CTL DURING NITE IFR ILS APCH. CRASHED 1.3 MI SHORT OF OUTER MARKER.BOTH SEAT BELTS UNFASTENED

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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26 Jun 1973 Piper PA-30B
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no coordinates
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30 Nov 1976 Piper PA-30B
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no coordinates
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26 Feb 1969 Piper PA-30B
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no coordinates
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20 May 1978 Piper PA-30B
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no coordinates
- No injuries -
11 May 1979 Piper PA-30B
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no coordinates
- Serious injuries -
16 Dec 1966 Piper PA-30B
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Bloomington Ill, Illinois, United States
no coordinates
Norbl Air Inc Serious injuries -

All 20 records for this type

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