Piper PA-23 N5943Y
18 November 1968 · Charlottesvlle, Virginia, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 18 November 1968 at about 07:40 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N5943Y, operated by Leggett Stores, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Charlottesvlle, Virginia, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 07:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Charlottesvlle, Virginia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Charlottesville
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-23
- Registration
- N5943Y
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Leggett Stores
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Corporate/Executive
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-4650
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
PLT ATTEMPTED LDG WITH WX BELOW PUBLISHED APCH MINIMA AT ARPT. WENT BELOW MINIMUM APCH ALT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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