- Date
- October 27, 1979
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N13986Piper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report February 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791027039899A
- Case key
- 133077
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3242 79/10/27 MISSING AIRCRAFT PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N13986 PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 41, 6000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTEGO BAY,JAMAICA NASSAU,BAHAMAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- AIRCRAFT DAMAGE AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13986
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N13986Registration cancelled Apr 6, 2005 · Piper PA-23-250Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N13986 · 1
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