Piper PA-23 N6116Y

29 March 1969 · Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported · Fatal

Summary

On 29 March 1969, a Piper PA-23 registered N6116Y, operated by Metropolitan A, was involved in an accident during unknown/not reported near Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported. 6 people were on board and 6 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 29 March 1969
Classification: Accident
Location: Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-23
Registration: N6116Y
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Metropolitan A
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-1855

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

DEPARTED ATLANTIC CITY, NJ FOR TETERBORO, NJ.ACFT DAMAGE AND INJURIES PRESUMED.

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 3-1855, 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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13 Jun 1969	Piper PA-23 N421C	Dania, Florida, United States no coordinates	L-R Aircraft	No injuries	-
2 Aug 1969	Piper PA-23 N2219P	Brownsburg, Indiana, United States no coordinates	Graves Flying	No injuries	-
6 Jun 1969	Piper PA-23 N1227P	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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1 Feb 1969	Piper PA-23 N777M	Windham, New Hampshire, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
14 Feb 1969	Piper PA-23 N5121Y	Great Falls, Montana, United States no coordinates	Missoula Skyfl	No injuries	-

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