Piper PA-23 N5421Y
22 June 1978 · Marion, Kentucky, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 22 June 1978 at about 06:50 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N5421Y, operated by Mayfield Skywa, was involved in an accident during in flight near Marion, Kentucky, 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
- at 06:50
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Marion, Kentucky, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-23
- Registration
- N5421Y
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Mayfield Skywa
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Cargo Operations
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Louisville, Ky → Mayfield, Ky
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Dawn
- NTSB number
- 3-2787
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
WITNESSES OBSERVED CONSTANT-RATE DESCENDING TURNTO GND.SLEEPING AT CTLS, OTHER RECENT FLIGHTS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 May 1978 | Piper PA-23 | Longdale, Oklahoma, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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