- Date
- April 24, 1979
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N7480JPiper PA-28R
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790424018919A
- Case key
- 136179
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1080 79/4/24 MISSING AIRCRAFT PIPER PA-28R CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1922 N7480J PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 28, 1500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 20 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT LAUDERDALE,FL NASSAU,BAHAMAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- ACFT DMG & INJURIES PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7480J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Ft Lauderdale Int
N7480JRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Piper PA-28R-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28R-180Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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