Piper PA-28 N1876H

2 April 1978 · Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes · No injuries

Summary

On 2 April 1978 at about 02:00 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N1876H, operated by Brents INT, was involved in an accident during in flight near Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 2 April 1978 at 02:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Pacific Ocean, Pacific Ocean North Latitudes
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-28
Registration: N1876H
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Brents INT
Operating rule: Unknown/Not Reported
Purpose of flight: Ferry
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Oakland, Ca → Honolulu, Hi
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: IMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-0519

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

OVER WATER FERRY, PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AC, DURINGRECOVERY WINGS OVERSTRESSED.

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 3-0519, 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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