- Date
- February 7, 1971
- Place
- Aguadilla, PR
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3680KPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 132613
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0028 71/2/7 NR.AGUADILLA,PR PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1612 N3680K PX- 2 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 42, 4800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONA ISLAND,PR MAYAGUEZ,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL 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 PARTIAL POWER LOSS - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- PLT DECLARED ENG PROBLEM,WAS DITCHING IN OCEAN. SEARCH FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF ACFT OR OCCUPANTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3680K
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N3680KRegistration cancelled Jun 14, 1976 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N3680K · 1
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