- Date
- August 3, 1969
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N8971CPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181215
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3003 69/8/3 MISSING AIRCRAFT PIPER PA-22 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 25, UNK/NR TIME - UNK/NR N8971C PX- 1 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WEST PALM BEACH,FLA ALBION,NJ UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- ACCIDENT DATE,ACFT DAMAGE,INJURIES PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8971C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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