ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13619
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| Date: | Friday 11 January 1974 |
| Time: | 14:38 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31 Navajo |
| Owner/operator: | UC Leasing Inc |
| Registration: | N6565L |
| MSN: | 31-487 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Novato, Marin County, California -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California (SFO/KS |
| Gnoss Field, Novato, California (NOT/KDVO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off destroyed 11 January 1974 due to CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) when flew into hillside near Novato, Marin County, California, on final approach to Gnoss Field (Marin County Airport). Novato, California. The NTSB report notes that the pilot "continued VFR flight into adverse weather conditions". Wreckage recovered two days after it crashed (13 January 1974). Both persons on board (a crew of two - pilot and co pilot) were killed on impact.
Registration N6565L cancelled by the FAA on April 26, 1974
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: OAK74AP031 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=83377&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=6565L
3. http://www.qnet.com/~carcomm/ncal.htm
4. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1974/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-novato-2-killed/]
5. http://planecrashmap.com/plane/ca/N6565L/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Apr-2015 01:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 27-Apr-2015 18:58 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2017 15:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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