Piper PA-28 N6314W

14 April 1968 · Douglas Cty, California, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 14 April 1968 at about 14:00 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N6314W was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Douglas Cty, California, United States. 4 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 3 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 14 April 1968 at 14:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Douglas Cty, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-28
Registration: N6314W
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1673

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	1	3	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

WHEN UNABLE TO LAND ON MARGINAL RANCH STRIP PLT CRASH LANDED IN DRY RIVER BED TO AVOID HITTING MTN

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 3-1673, 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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