Piper PA-32R N8953C

15 August 1976 · Overton, Nebraska, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 15 August 1976 at about 21:30 local time, a Piper PA-32R registered N8953C was involved in an accident during in flight near Overton, Nebraska, 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 August 1976 at 21:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Overton, Nebraska, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-32R
Registration: N8953C
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Scottsbluff, Ne → Kearney, Ne
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-2784

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

ACFT STRUCK THE GND IN A STEEP NOSE DWN ATTITUDE.CLG IN AREA EST TO BE ABT 3-400FT WITH HAZE.

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 3-2784, 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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