# Accident 19750106042969A: Piper PA28140, Dominica, January 6, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 6, 1975
- Place: Dominica
- Airport: Melville Hall
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Aircraft: N8090N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8090N-1975-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-140 (registry code 7102802, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75OM006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75OM006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750106042969A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UN TO REACH ARPT.SUCESSFUL DITCHING OFF-SHORE.INVESTIGATION JURISDICTION GOVT OF BRITISH W INDIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA75OM006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75OM006), Jan 6, 1975: Piper PA-28 (N8090N), Dominica, Dominican Republic, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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