19801010074089A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-161 · Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · October 10, 1980

Date
October 10, 1980 · 20:11 local
Place
Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
Airport
Borinquen
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N707XQ
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA81FA001
Reported as
Piper PA28161
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
3
Pilot’s flight hours
520 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Inadvertently flew into water after overshooting runway. Used righthand pattern instead of normal left pattern.

As the FAA filed it

INADVERTENTLY FLEW INTO WATER AFTER OVERSHOOTING RUNWAY. USED RIGHTHAND PATTERN INSTEAD OF NORMAL LEFT PATTERN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.