- Date
- September 30, 1979
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL · FT.LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N88696Cessna 404
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790930036379A
- Case key
- 133017
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3134 79/9/30 NR.FT.LAUDERDALE,FL CESSNA 404 CR- 1 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1945 N88696 PX- 0 0 0 OTHER 33, 1927 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: ELECTRONIC TOWERS IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH= MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- AIRCRAFT WAS HAULING MARAJUANA,PIC NOT APPREHENDED.COCAINE FOUND IN CO-PILOTS BLOOD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88696
- Reported as
- Cessna 404
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N88696Registration cancelled Mar 30, 2011 · Cessna 404Airframe modelCessna 404Engine modelContinental GTSI0-520-F-K
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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.