Piper PA-24-250 N7410P

Summary

On 11 March 1986 at about 06:20 local time, a Piper PA-24-250 registered N7410P, operated by Yucca Aviation, Co., was involved in an accident near Truth&Consequen, 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.

Date

11 March 1986 at 06:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Truth&Consequen, New Mexico, United States

Nearest airport

Truth & Consequences (TCS)

Coordinates

33.1296, -107.2393

Aircraft

Piper PA-24-250

Registration

N7410P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Yucca Aviation, Co.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Alquerque → Las Cruces

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

DEN86FA098

1 person died.

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

THE PLT TOOK OFF ON A NIGHT IFR FLT AFTER BEING BRIEFED ON ADVERSE WX WHICH INCLUDED SEVERE TURBULENCE AND MODERATE MIXED ICING CONDITIONS. THE ACFT WAS NOT EQUIPPED FOR FLT IN ICING CONDITIONS. RADIO AND RADAR CONTACT WITH THE FLT WAS LOST IN THE VICINITY OF THE ACCIDENT SITE LESS THAN ONE MINUTE AFTER THE PLT REPORTED ENCOUNTERING TURBULENCE AND ICING CONDITIONS. A SEARCH WAS INITIATED AND THE ACFT WRECKAGE, SCATTERED OVER AN AREA 3,772 FEET LONG, WAS LOCATED AT 1115 MST, 3/11/86. THE PLT WAS FATALLY INJURED IN THE IMPACT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.