Piper PA-28 N6483R

9 August 1969 · Lake Placid, New York, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 9 August 1969 at about 00:05 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N6483R was involved in an accident during in flight near Lake Placid, New York, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 9 August 1969 at 00:05
Classification: Accident
Location: Lake Placid, New York, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-28
Registration: N6483R
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Hudson, Ny → Saranac Lake, Ny
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-3479

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	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

CRASHED IN REMOTE UNLTD AREA. PLT STATED HE ENCOUNTERED SEVERE DOWNDRAFTS.

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 3-3479, 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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