ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 3796
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Date: | Monday 12 January 1981 |
Time: | 12:19 |
Type: | Beechcraft A36 Bonanza |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N66757 |
MSN: | E1590 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | N Peach Springs, Az -
United States of America
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Hayward, CA |
Destination airport: | Grand Canyon, AZ |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:While enroute, the aircraft encountered instrument conditions, including low ceilings, fog, and freezing rain/sleet. The aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent due to airframe icing and struck a near-vertical rock face at 6,300 ft MSL in the Aubrey Cliffs area near the Grand Canyon.
The wreckage was not recovered until the next day.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX81FA034 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
https://ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=28194&key=0 https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/15/us/wreckage-of-small-plane-found-near-grand-canyon-with-6-dead.html https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/120955802/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
19-Apr-2017 15:15 |
PiperOnslaught |
Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
14-May-2018 18:05 |
piperonslaught |
Updated [Source] |
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