OAK79FAMS4

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-28 · Missing Aircraft · March 9, 1979

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
March 9, 1979
Place
Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
N8875JPiper PA-28
Status
Completed · report May 10, 1979
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
137510

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0568   79/3/9    MISSING AIRCRAFT    PIPER PA-28         CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 950
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N8875J              PX-  0  0  0  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED      TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HAYWARD,CA                 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- INJURY INDEX AND DAMAGE PRESUMED.

Aircraft

Registration
N8875J
Reported as
Piper PA-28
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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