Piper PA-31 N440DL
6 January 1969 · Jamestown, Tennessee, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 6 January 1969 at about 20:40 local time, a Piper PA-31 registered N440DL, operated by Suse Co Inc, was involved in an accident during in flight near Jamestown, Tennessee, United States. 6 people were on board and 6 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Jamestown, Tennessee, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-31
- Registration
- N440DL
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Suse Co Inc
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-1853
People
6 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 6 | 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
WITNESS HEARD ACFT CIRCLING AT LOW ALT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Piper PA-31 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Mar 1969 | Piper PA-31 | Wilmington, Delaware, United States | Dover Air Tra* | No injuries | - |
| 25 Oct 1969 | Piper PA-31 | Alcoa, Tennessee, United States | Harrison Motor | No injuries | - |
| 18 Jul 1969 | Piper PA-31 | Burbank, California, United States | United Clearin | Fatal | 2 |
| 8 Sep 1969 | Piper PA-31 | Columbus, Mississippi, United States | JIM Hankens AI | No injuries | - |
| 5 Feb 1969 | Piper PA-31 | Jasper, Texas, United States | Visador Co | Fatal | 3 |
| 20 Nov 1968 | Piper PA-31 | Nederland, Texas, United States | London Propert | Fatal | 5 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |