- Date
- November 10, 1968
- Place
- Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5589JPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 192196
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4932 68/11/10 ATLANTIC OCEAN PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 20, 803 TIME - 1345 N5589J PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP FT LAUDERDALE,FLA SAN JUAN,PUERTO RICO SOUTH CACIOUS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- DITCHED ACFT APRX 80 NAUTICAL MILES NW OF PUERTO RICO,ACFT SANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5589J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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