Piper PA-31 N59912

3 November 1978 · Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported · Fatal

Summary

On 3 November 1978 at about 19:49 local time, a Piper PA-31 registered N59912, operated by Eastern Caribb, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 3 November 1978 at 19:49
Classification: Accident
Location: Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported
Nearest airport: Harry S Truman
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-31
Registration: N59912
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Eastern Caribb
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: St Croix, Usvi → St Thomas, Usvi
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-4304

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	0	0	0

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.

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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 3-4304, 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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23 Apr 1978	Piper PA-31 N49MC	Arlington, Indiana, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	9
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