Piper PA-32 N55798

12 February 1976 · No.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes · No injuries

Summary

On 12 February 1976 at about 21:54 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N55798, operated by L.a.acft Excha, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near No.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 12 February 1976 at 21:54
Classification: Accident
Location: No.pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-32
Registration: N55798
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: L.a.acft Excha
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Ferry
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Honolulu, Hi → Pago Pago, Samoa
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Moonlight-Bright)
NTSB number: 3-0347

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

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

POSSIBLE MALFUNCTION OF VOR & ADF RCVRS.

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 3-0347, 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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