Piper PA-23 N1906T

22 October 1977 · Corona, New Mexico, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 22 October 1977 at about 01:45 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N1906T, operated by Astro Wings, was involved in an accident during in flight near Corona, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 October 1977 at 01:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Corona, New Mexico, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-23
Registration: N1906T
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Astro Wings
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Cargo Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Roswell, Nm → Albuquerque, Nm
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-3895

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	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

DARK NIGHT, VFR CONDITIONS.10MILES S OF COURSE, HIT MTN PEAK.NORMALLY FLEW AIRWAYS.

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 3-3895, 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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