FTW76O0008

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28 · Missing Acft · August 8, 1976

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
August 8, 1976
Place
Missing Acft · MISSING ACFT, UN
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
N6377JPiper PA-28
Status
Completed · report September 28, 1976
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
156037

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0025   76/8/8    MISSING ACFT        PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 51, 324
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N6377J              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          VERA CRUZ,MEX               BROWNSVILLE,TX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        REMARKS- ACFT DAMAGE,INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.

Aircraft

Registration
N6377J
Reported as
Piper PA-28
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.