Piper PA-24 N6579P

14 March 1965 · Chamblee Ga, Georgia, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 14 March 1965 at about 18:47 local time, a Piper PA-24 registered N6579P, operated by Lowell Air SER, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Chamblee Ga, Georgia, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 14 March 1965 at 18:47
Classification: Accident
Location: Chamblee Ga, Georgia, United States
Nearest airport: Dekalb-Peachtree
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-24
Registration: N6579P
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Lowell Air SER
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Dual
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0902

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

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

MATERIAL FAILURE OF NOSE GEAR DRAG LINK CLEVIS.

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 3-0902, 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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