19810117001889A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28R-200 · Bimini, Bahamas · January 17, 1981

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Date: January 17, 1981 · 17:40 local
Place: Bimini, Bahamas
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N8624E
Reported as: Piper PA28R200
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 500 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N8624ERegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Piper PA-28R-200S/N 28R-7635192 · Built 1976 Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-200 Engine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Airplane was seen to make vertical pull-up from low pass over ocean, then dive vertically into ocean.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPLANE WAS SEEN TO MAKE VERTICAL PULL-UP FROM LOW PASS OVER OCEAN, THEN DIVE VERTICALLY INTO OCEAN.