- Date
- June 6, 1978
- Place
- Naples, FL · NAPLES, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N5263YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780606035569A
- Case key
- 202543
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4466 78/6/6 NAPLES,FL PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N5263Y PX- 0 0 0 OTHER UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.CUSTOMS AGENTS BELIEVE ACFT USED IN DRUG SMUGGLING OPN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5263Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5263YRegistration cancelled Aug 14, 2012 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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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.