Piper PA-24 N8968P
24 May 1969 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 24 May 1969 at about 20:15 local time, a Piper PA-24 registered N8968P was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. 6 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 20:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
- Nearest airport
- Kent County
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-24
- Registration
- N8968P
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1352
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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
LANDED IN ROUGH AREA SHORT OF RWY.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 1969 | Piper PA-24 | Cumming, Georgia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Aug 1969 | Piper PA-24 | Grangeville, Idaho, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 11 Sep 1969 | Piper PA-24 | Onstead, Michigan, United States | MacCready Real | No injuries | - |
| 10 Oct 1969 | Piper PA-24 | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 3 Sep 1969 | Piper PA-24 | Blythe, California, United States | Anderson Aviat | Fatal | 6 |
| 8 Nov 1969 | Piper PA-24 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 2,700 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Feb 1969 | Piper PA-28 | Lacosta Is, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Mar 1969 | Cessna 310 | Orlando, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 1969 | Luscombe 8A | Sedalia, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Apr 1969 | Beechcraft H35 | Union Lake, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Mar 1969 | Piper PA-22 | Midlothian, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 May 1969 | Taylr Titch M-3 | Watkins, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |