ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13031
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| Date: | Saturday 24 July 1976 |
| Time: | 09:21 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-181 |
| Owner/operator: | Illini Aviation |
| Registration: | N8592C |
| MSN: | 28-7690151 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Huntsville, Mo -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Urbana, IL |
| Emporia, KS | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Piper PA-28-181 (N8592C) and Reeds Aviation Piper PA-28R-200 (N7941C) collided in midair at 6,000 feet near Huntsville, Missouri. The pilot and two passengers aboard N7941C and the pilot and one passenger aboard N8592C were killed; both aircraft were destroyed.
Piper N8592C, a private flight operating under instrument flight rules and under the control of Kansas City air route traffic control center, was en route from Urbana, Illinois, to Emporia, Kansas. Piper N7941C, an air taxi/charter flight operating under visual flight rules and without a flight plan, was climbing en route from Salisbury, Missouri, to the Chicago, Illinois, area.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the failure of each pilot to maintain adequate vigilance.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Feb-2020 11:13 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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