- Date
- July 16, 1977
- Place
- Ft Lauderdale, FL · FT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 6 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N6892SAero Cmdr 680
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770716042359A
- Case key
- 145495
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4101 77/7/16 NR.FT LAUDERDALE,FL AERO CMDR 680 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 64, 6405 TIME - 1132 N6892S PX- 5 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1185 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JUAN,PR FT LAUDERDALE,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY WEATHER BUREAU PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 78 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- CRASHED IN AREA OF HVY TSTM ACTIVITY.MAIN WRECKAGE & PILOT NOT RECOVERED,INJURY PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6892S
- Reported as
- Aero Cmdr 680
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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