- Date
- March 27, 1965
- Place
- Caguas, PR · CAGUAS, PR
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9518DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179291
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0337 65/3/27 CAGUAS PR PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, UNK/NR TIME - 1615 N9518D PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAGUAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT REPORTED 433 TOTAL FLYING HOURS 01/22/57.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9518D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Caguas
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