- Date
- February 21, 1972
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL · FT.LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8631YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report February 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165495
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2262 72/2/21 NR.FT.LAUDERDALE,FLA PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 437 TIME - 1928 N8631Y PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OPA LOCKA,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- CRASHED INTO OCEAN ABOUT 1 MI FROM SHORE AT NITE. ACFT SANK,PLTS BODY NOT RECOVERED.INJ PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8631Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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