- Date
- February 19, 1981
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL · VERO BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N7078PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810219007969A
- Case key
- 127415
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0275 81/2/19 NR.VERO BEACH,FL PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 1000 TIME - 2316 N7078P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEBASTIAN,FL LOCAL 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 OCEAN.WRECKAGE NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7078P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7078PRegistration cancelled May 3, 2013 · Piper PA-24-180Airframe modelPiper PA-24-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.