Piper PA-32 N3241W
2 April 1970 · Cambridge, Maryland, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 2 April 1970 at about 00:55 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N3241W, operated by East Coast Air, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Cambridge, Maryland, 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
- at 00:55
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Cambridge, Maryland, United States
- Nearest airport
- Cambridge
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-32
- Registration
- N3241W
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- East Coast Air
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Teterboro, Nj → S
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-0669
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
INDEF CIG 400FT, ADF APCH MDA 560FT, ACFT HIT TREES APRX 32FT AGL.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | E W Wiggins AI | No injuries | - |
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| 12 Dec 1970 | Aeronca 11AC | Butler, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |