Piper PA-28R N3938T

11 May 1970 · S.lk Tahoe, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 11 May 1970 at about 17:40 local time, a Piper PA-28R registered N3938T, operated by Hawke Flying S, was involved in an accident during in flight near S.lk Tahoe, California, United States. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 11 May 1970 at 17:40
Classification: Accident
Location: S.lk Tahoe, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-28R
Registration: N3938T
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Hawke Flying S
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Modesto, Calif → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0322

People

3 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	3	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

RECOVERY DATE-5/23/70.DOWNSLOPE WIND CONDITIONS EXCEEDING ACFT CAPABILITIES.

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 3-0322, 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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