Piper PA-23 N4855P

15 March 1976 · Hope, Arkansas, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 15 March 1976 at about 04:40 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N4855P was involved in an accident during in flight near Hope, Arkansas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 15 March 1976 at 04:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Hope, Arkansas, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-23
Registration: N4855P
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Ferry
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Texarkana, Ar
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-2959

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	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

PLT TOTL FLT TM IN TYPE 6 HRS, INSTRMNT TM LAST 2YRS 6 HRS, NONE IN LAST 8 MOS.RECOVERED SAME DATE.

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 3-2959, 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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