# Accident 19791221043919A: Piper PA23, Puerto Rico, December 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1979
- Place: Puerto Rico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N1435P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1435P-1994-06-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23 (registry code 7102302, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 310 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80DA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791221043919A

## Narrative

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

BECAME MISSING ON NIGHT OVER-WATER FLGHT BETWEEN AGUADILLA, PR, AND SOUTH CAICOS ISLANDS. ASSUMED FATALS.

## 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 MIA80DA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DA023), Dec 21, 1979: Piper PA-23 (N1435P), Missing Aircraft, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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