- Date
- February 9, 1975
- Place
- Palm Beach, FL · PALM BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N680LPAero Comdr 680
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750209002469A
- Case key
- 147451
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0205 75/2/9 NR.PALM BEACH,FL AERO COMDR 680 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 2435 TIME - 1020 N680LP PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 457 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINTER HAVEN,FL MARSH HARBOR,BAHAMAS 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 - FIRE IN ENGINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- ACFT DITCHED DUE ENG FIRE FOLLOWING FAILURE OF L ENG.WRECKAGE NOT RCVRD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N680LP
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.