- Date
- October 10, 1980
- Place
- Aguadilla, PR
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N707XQPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801010074089A
- Case key
- 127806
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3132 80/10/10 NR.AGUADILLA,PR PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 526 TIME - 2011 N707XQ PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BORINQUEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JUAN,PR AGUADILLA,PR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- DARK NIGHT,ARPT LOCATED NEAR WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N707XQ
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Borinquen
N707XQRegistration cancelled May 3, 2013 · Piper PA-28-161Airframe modelPiper PA-28-161Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.