Aviation Crash Map

Piper PA-28R N4985S

21 August 1970 · Latham, Missouri, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 August 1970 at about 17:30 local time, a Piper PA-28R registered N4985S, operated by Bill Coates, was involved in an accident during in flight near Latham, Missouri, United States. 2 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 17:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Latham, Missouri, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-28R
Registration
N4985S
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Bill Coates
Operating rule
Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
Dallas, Tex → Dayton, Ohio
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
3-3380

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

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

ACFT DMGD AFTER SERIES OF 5 BOUNCES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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