Piper PA-32 N3381W

27 August 1967 · City Island, New York, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 27 August 1967 at about 15:22 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N3381W, operated by Arron Aviation, was involved in an accident during in flight near City Island, New York, United States. 6 people were on board and 6 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 27 August 1967 at 15:22
Classification: Accident
Location: City Island, New York, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-32
Registration: N3381W
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Arron Aviation
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-0982

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

ACFT STRUCK GUY CABLE FOR RADIO TOWER. TOWER LOCATION SHOWN ON AIRNAV CHARTS.

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Where

Approximate

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40.8473, -73.7865
Approximate. The NTSB did not record coordinates, so this marker sits at the centre of City Island, New York, United States, not at the accident site. How this is worked out.

Source

NTSB record 2-0982, 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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