Piper PA-23 N1330P

3 February 1979 · Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported · Fatal

Summary

On 3 February 1979 at about 17:04 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N1330P was involved in an accident during unknown/not reported near Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 3 February 1979 at 17:04
Classification: Accident
Location: Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-23
Registration: N1330P
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Aerial Mapping/Photography
Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Route: Klamath Falls, Or → Crescent City, Ca
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0276

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.

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INJURY INDEX AND AIRCRAFT DAMAGE PRESUMED.

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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 3-0276, 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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Other Piper PA-23 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
21 Aug 1979	Piper PA-23 N5807Y	West Palm Bch, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
30 Dec 1979	Piper PA-23 N1063P	Jacksonville, Florida, United States no coordinates	Wings of Chris	No injuries	-
23 Jun 1979	Piper PA-23 N4128P	Elbert, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
17 Mar 1979	Piper PA-23 N25TD	Ft.mccoy, Florida, United States no coordinates	Skyway of Ocal	No injuries	-
27 Oct 1979	Piper PA-23 N640CC	Fort Myers, Florida, United States no coordinates	North American	No injuries	-
25 May 1979	Piper PA-23 N6913Y	Kansas City, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Vipilot	No injuries	-

All 1,716 records for this type

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21 Dec 1979	Piper PA-23 N1435P	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Caribbean Avia	Fatal	4
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30 Jun 1979	Cessna 150J N60936	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Paul Wikander	Fatal	2
1 Jul 1979	Piper PA-28 N3494M	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Big Bear AV	Fatal	2
31 May 1979	Cessna 182 N618WC	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
9 Mar 1979	Piper PA-28 N8875J	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	-	Fatal	1

All 211 records in Unknown/Not Reported