Piper PA-32 N3204W

29 September 1974 · Ban.izabal, Central America · No injuries

Summary

On 29 September 1974 at about 20:10 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N3204W was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Ban.izabal, Central America. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 September 1974 at 20:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Ban.izabal, Central America
Nearest airport: Bananera
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-32
Registration: N3204W
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: All Other Public Flying
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Belize, Br Honduras → San Pedro Sula, Hond
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0048

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

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

INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF GUATEMALA. GR HIT RIDGE TO R OF RWY.DISASTER RELIEF FLT.

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 6-0048, 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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