- Date
- July 7, 1968
- Place
- Ft Lauderdale, FL · FT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N5694YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 80065
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4789 68/7/7 NR.FT LAUDERDALE,FLA PIPER PA-23 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 6400 TIME - UNK/NR N5694Y PX- 2 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 832 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 10000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) THUNDERSTORM, RAIN SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 81 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR REMARKS- ACFT ON FLT FROM FT LAUDERDALE TO BAHAMA IS.R WING TIP RECOVERED OFF G.B.IS.INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5694Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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