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Cessna TU206B N3478L

3 November 1973 · Roswell, New Mexico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 3 November 1973 at about 00:19 local time, a Cessna TU206B registered N3478L, operated by Russell Aviati, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Roswell, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 00:19
Classification
Accident
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States
Nearest airport
Industrial
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna TU206B
Registration
N3478L
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Russell Aviati
Operating rule
Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
Farmington, N Mex → S
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Night (Dark)
NTSB number
3-3838

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

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

UPPER TORQUE ATTACHMENT BOLT BROKE

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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