Piper PA-31 N6472L

25 September 1973 · Roswell, New Mexico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 25 September 1973 at about 01:00 local time, a Piper PA-31 registered N6472L, operated by Purolator Cour, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Roswell, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 25 September 1973 at 01:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Roswell, New Mexico, United States
Nearest airport: Roswell Indust
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-31
Registration: N6472L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Purolator Cour
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Cargo Operations
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Lubbock, Tex
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-3054

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

ABOUT 1 FT OF R PROP BLADE SEPARATED.ABORTED OK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3054, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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