Piper PA-34 N2257M

27 March 1979 · Lander, Wyoming, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 27 March 1979 at about 16:04 local time, a Piper PA-34 registered N2257M, operated by Wyoming Centra, was involved in an accident during in flight near Lander, Wyoming, United States. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 27 March 1979 at 16:04
Classification: Accident
Location: Lander, Wyoming, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-34
Registration: N2257M
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Wyoming Centra
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Casper, Wy → Afton, Wy
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0659

People

4 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	4	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

FA-MTNS OBSCURED BY CLOUDS.HIT MTN 12800FT MSL.RECOVERY DATE 3/29/79.

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 3-0659, 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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12 May 1979	Piper PA-34 N56936	Ramona, California, United States no coordinates	SCH Missary AV	No injuries	-
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