- Date
- September 14, 1975
- Place
- S Coast, Canary Islands · S COAST, Iceland
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N7038YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report January 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750914043239A
- Case key
- 151919
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0064 75/9/14 NR.S COAST,ICELAND PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 1350 TIME - 1835 N7038Y PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDINBURGH,SCOTLAND REYKJAVIK,ICELAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RCVRD FROM EYJAFJALLAJOKULL GLACIER 9/15/75.INVEST & RPRTD BY ICELANDIC GOVT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7038Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.