Piper PA-24 N5001P

27 March 1971 · Thornville, Ohio, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 27 March 1971 at about 14:17 local time, a Piper PA-24 registered N5001P was involved in an accident during in flight near Thornville, Ohio, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 27 March 1971 at 14:17
Classification: Accident
Location: Thornville, Ohio, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-24
Registration: N5001P
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Demonstration
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Hebron, Ohio → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0454

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	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

PATHOLOGIST REPORTS BOTH PILOTS CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, SEVERE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Where

Approximate

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39.8965, -82.4202
Approximate. The NTSB did not record coordinates, so this marker sits at the centre of Thornville, Ohio, United States, not at the accident site. How this is worked out.

Source

NTSB record 3-0454, 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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