- Date
- December 8, 1981
- Place
- Sebastian, FL (Atlantic Ocean)
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6897XPiper PA-60
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811208089359A
- Case key
- 122607
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3436 81/12/8 NR.SEBASTIAN,FL PIPER PA-60 CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0911 N6897X PX- 0 0 0 TEST 45, 8000 TOTAL HOURS, 6 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VERO BEACH,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PRODUCTION TEST FLIGHT.SPUN INTO OCEAN 16MI OFFSHORE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6897X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-60
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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