Piper PA-23 N5141Y

Summary

On 31 October 1973, a Piper PA-23 registered N5141Y was involved in an accident during in flight near Riverton, West Virginia, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 October 1973

Classification

Accident

Location

Riverton, West Virginia, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-23

Registration

N5141Y

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Air Taxi Operator

Purpose of flight

Air Taxi-Passenger Operations

Phase of flight

In Flight

Route

Flint, Mich → Cumberland, Md

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night (Dark)

NTSB number

3-4162

2 people died.

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

ADVSD OF ICING COND DRG WX BRIEF.NO WING DEICE EQUIP.TRANSPONDER INOP.POSSIBLE RADIO MALFUNCTION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.