- Date
- November 3, 1978
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N59912Piper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781103044199A
- Case key
- 138054
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4304 78/11/3 MISSING AIRCRAFT PIPER PA-31 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 5342 TIME - 1949 N59912 PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARRY S TRUMAN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST CROIX,USVI ST THOMAS,USVI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- ACFT DAMAGE AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59912
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Harry S Truman
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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.