Piper PA-24 N6171P

11 December 1979 · Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported · Fatal

Summary

On 11 December 1979, a Piper PA-24 registered N6171P 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: 11 December 1979
Classification: Accident
Location: Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-24
Registration: N6171P
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Route: Caldwell, Id → Olympia, Wa
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-3167

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

PLT DECLARED HEAVY ICING, UN MAINTAIN ALT.RADAR CONTACT LOST.ACFT DMG & INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.

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 3-3167, 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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