- Date
- January 20, 1965
- Place
- Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5585YPiper PA23
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180516
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0108 65/1/20 ATLANTIC OCEAN PIPER PA23 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1929 N5585Y PX- 1 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 42, 7480 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 112 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: OTHER DITCHING LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT: COMPASS RECEIVERS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER LOW ON FUEL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5585Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5585YRegistration cancelled Jun 30, 1970 · Piper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 (6PCLM)
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