- Date
- July 18, 1978
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N689WWPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 140367
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3385 78/7/18 MISSING AIRCRAFT PIPER PA-31 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 4975 TIME - UNK/NR N689WW PX- 1 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TOTAL HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA MARTA,COLOMBIA PORT AU PRINCE,HAITI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- ACFT DAMAGE AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N689WW
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N689WWRegistration cancelled Nov 12, 2013 · Piper PA-31-310Airframe modelPiper PA-31-310Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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