- Date
- October 4, 1979
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N3815CAero Comdr 500
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791004036389A
- Case key
- 133018
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3140 79/10/4 MISSING AIRCRAFT AERO COMDR 500 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 623 TIME - UNK/NR N3815C PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 102 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANDROS ISLAND,BAHAMA WEST PALM BEACH,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- INJURY INDEX & ACFT DMG PRESUMED.ACFT IN AREA RPTD HEAVY TSTM ACTIVITY OVER OCEAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3815C
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.