Aviation Crash Map

Piper PA-23 N6168Y

11 September 1974 · Austin, Minnesota, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 11 September 1974 at about 13:30 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N6168Y was involved in an accident during in flight near Austin, Minnesota, United States. 6 people were on board and 6 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 13:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-23
Registration
N6168Y
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
Mobridge, S Dak → Rockford, Ill
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
IMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-4339

People

6 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
6 6 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

VERT FIN AND L STABILATOR FAILED.CLG LWR THAN FCST.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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