- Date
- November 13, 1970
- Place
- Missing Aircraft, VA · MISSING AIRCRAFT, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N9384WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report February 18, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159389
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1930 70/11/13 MISSING AIRCRAFT PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 30, 200 TIME - 1700 N9384W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUMMEL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREDERICKSBURG,VA MELFA,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- PLTS BODY FOUND 11/28/70 IN CHESAPEAKE BAY NEAR WINDMILL POINT,VA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9384W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hummel
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