- Date
- February 11, 1970
- Place
- Sabana, DR · SABANA, Dominican Republic
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1171PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131339
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0010 70/2/11 SABANA,DOM REP PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 633 TIME - 1755 N1171P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GT.INAGUA,BWI SAN JUAN,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- R ENG QUIT. DITCHED ABOUT 1 MI OFF SHORE. INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF DOMINICAN GOVT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1171P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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