ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13457
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| Date: | Thursday 3 August 1972 |
| Time: | 9:50 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche B |
| Owner/operator: | Ed B. Holt & Billie Holt |
| Registration: | N8245Y |
| MSN: | 30-1370 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Overbrook, Osage County, Kansas -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Topeka Regional Airport (FOE/KFOE) |
| Henderson City-County Airport (KEHR/EHR) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 03-08-1972 when flew into the ground at Overbrook, Kansas. Aircraft took off into known inclement weather. Observers saw aircraft diving out of clouds. All four persons on board (pilot and three passengers) were killed.
According to the NTSB report "pilot in command continued a VFR flight in adverse weather conditions, the pilot suffered spatial disorientation and aircraft made an uncontrolled descent into the ground"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: MKC73AK012 at https://www.ntsb.gov/about/employment/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=65687&key=0
2. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=8245Y
3. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ks/N8245Y/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Feb-2016 19:27 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2017 23:11 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type] |
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