- Date
- April 8, 1971
- Place
- Marathon, FL · MARATHON, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N1562SBeech P35
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160234
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0348 71/4/8 MARATHON,FLA BEECH P35 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, 270 TIME - UNK/NR N1562S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARATHON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARATHON,FLA MIAMI,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- WRECKAGE RECOVERED FROM GULF OF MEXICO 4/20/71. EVIDENCE OF PLT CONSUMING ALCOHOL PRIOR TO FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1562S
- Reported as
- Beech P35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Marathon
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