- Date
- August 23, 1980
- Place
- Little Rag Is (Atlantic Ocean) · LITTLE RAG IS,BAH, AO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N5076YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800823057169A
- Case key
- 129138
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2449 80/8/23 NR.LITTLE RAG IS,BAH PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 27, 175 TIME - 2230 N5076Y PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTEGO BAY,JAMACIA GREAT INAGUA,BAHAMAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- CRASHED IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS.ACFT NOT RECOVERED.INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.DRUGS REPORTED ONBOARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5076Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5076YRegistration cancelled Jan 30, 2013 · 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.