Piper PA-32 N5589J

10 November 1968 · Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · No injuries

Summary

On 10 November 1968 at about 13:45 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N5589J, operated by Dixon Co, was involved in an accident during in flight near Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 10 November 1968 at 13:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-32
Registration: N5589J
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Dixon Co
Operating rule: Other
Purpose of flight: Ferry
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Ft Lauderdale, Fla → San Juan, Puerto Rico
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-4932

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DITCHED ACFT APRX 80 NAUTICAL MILES NW OF PUERTORICO, ACFT SANK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-4932, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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