Piper PA-31A N6637L
20 October 1970 · Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 20 October 1970 at about 11:38 local time, a Piper PA-31A registered N6637L was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 11:38
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States
- Nearest airport
- Smith
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-31A
- Registration
- N6637L
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Charlotte, Mich → S
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1655
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 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
DESCENDED BELOW PUBLISHED APCH MIN. LOST CTL DURING STEEP LOW ALT TURN.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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