- Date
- April 26, 1966
- Place
- Moddle Bass, OH · MODDLE BASS, OH
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5288PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172433
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0383 66/4/26 NR.MODDLE BASS OHIO PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 1308 TIME - 0057 N5288P PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDDLE BASS ISL. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- N5288P IDENTIFIED BUT NOT RECOVERED FROM LAKE ERIE.TOXICOLOGICAL TESTS UNRELIABLE DUE TO IMMERSION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5288P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Middle Bass Isl.
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