Piper PA-18 N811H

19 July 1979 · Martha's Vnyrd, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · No injuries

Summary

On 19 July 1979 at about 13:15 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N811H was involved in an accident during in flight near Martha's Vnyrd, 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: 19 July 1979 at 13:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Martha's Vnyrd, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-18
Registration: N811H
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Fish Spotting
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Oak Bluffs, Ma → Return
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3165

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.

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ACFT SANK, NOT RCVRD.

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 3-3165, 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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6 May 1979	Piper PA-18 N3771P	Kodiak, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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28 Sep 1979	Piper PA-18 N7070B	Ugashik, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
24 Mar 1979	Piper PA-18 N3VU	Spencer, Indiana, United States no coordinates	Vincennes Univ	No injuries	-
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27 Nov 1979	Piper PA-18 N82076	Lincoln, Missouri, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-

All 2,950 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
17 May 1979	Aero Comdr 500 N3836C	Treasure Cay, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Palm Beach AVI	No injuries	-
24 Sep 1979	Cessna 210 N8279M	Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Centaur AVN	No injuries	-
7 Jul 1979	Lockheed PV-1 N721N	Aruba, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
6 May 1979	Cessna 185 N561MC	Jamaica, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
27 Apr 1979	Lockheed PV-1 N544B	Guamtanamo, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
23 Aug 1980	Piper PA-23 N5076Y	Little Rag Is, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	-	Fatal	1

All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.