Piper PA-28 N4978L

1 May 1969 · West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 1 May 1969 at about 16:50 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N4978L, operated by Chester County, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 1 May 1969 at 16:50
Classification: Accident
Location: West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport: West Chester
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-28
Registration: N4978L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Chester County
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1431

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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.

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ACFT WENT INTO PLOWED AREA.

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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 3-1431, 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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