- Date
- November 20, 1978
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N54615Piper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 137966
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4173 78/11/20 MISSING AIRCRAFT PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, TIME - UNK/NR N54615 PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DE FUNIAK SPGS,FL GAINESVILLE,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- INJURY INDEX AND DAMAGE PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54615
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N54615Registration cancelled Dec 22, 2014 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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