Aviation Crash Map

Piper PA-22 N8542D

27 June 1969 · Bulawayo, Africa · No injuries

Summary

On 27 June 1969 at about 08:00 local time, a Piper PA-22 registered N8542D was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Bulawayo, Africa. 2 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
at 08:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Bulawayo, Africa
Nearest airport
Bulawayo
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-22
Registration
N8542D
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
Ft.victoria Rhodesia → S
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
6-0036

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

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

INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF RHODESIA.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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