- Date
- December 20, 1968
- Place
- Belle Glade, FL · BELLE GLADE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5721YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192028
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4820 68/12/20 BELLE GLADE,FLA PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 330 TIME - UNK/NR N5721Y PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARIETTA,GA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- ACCDT DATE PRESUMED. RECOVERY DATE 12/23/68. BOTH WGS FAILED,SEPARATED. CRASHED IN REMOTE AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5721Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5721YRegistration cancelled Aug 27, 2012 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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