Piper PA-32 N3540W

Summary

On 6 September 1970 at about 20:06 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N3540W, operated by Puget Sound AI, was involved in an accident during in flight near Missing Aircraft, Washington, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 September 1970 at 20:06

Classification

Accident

Location

Missing Aircraft, Washington, United States

Nearest airport

Nas Whidbey Is

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper PA-32

Registration

N3540W

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

1

Operator

Puget Sound AI

Operating rule

Air Taxi Operator

Purpose of flight

Air Taxi-Passenger Operations

Phase of flight

In Flight

Route

Nas Whidbey Is, Wash → Anacortes, Wash

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night (Dark)

NTSB number

3-1924

1 person died.

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

RADAR, RADIO CONT LOST APRX 4MI W OF ARPT, ABT 6 MIN AFT TKOF.ACFT DMG, PLT INJURY, ACDNT TIME PRESUMD

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.