Aero Comdr 500 N3815C

4 October 1979 · Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported · Fatal

Summary

On 4 October 1979, a Aero Comdr 500 registered N3815C, operated by Iron Bird, was involved in an accident during unknown/not reported 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: 4 October 1979
Classification: Accident
Location: Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Aero Comdr 500
Registration: N3815C
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Iron Bird
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Route: Andros Island, Bahama → West Palm Beach, Fl
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3140

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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

INJURY INDEX & ACFT DMG PRESUMED.ACFT IN AREA RPTD HEAVY TSTM ACTIVITY OVER OCEAN.

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 3-3140, 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.

Also in

Unknown/Not Reported 211 Aero Comdr 500 133 1979 4,210

Other Aero Comdr 500 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
17 Oct 1979	Aero Comdr 500 N4111P	San Francisco, California, United States no coordinates	Yosemite Air	No injuries	-
17 May 1979	Aero Comdr 500 N3836C	Treasure Cay, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Palm Beach AVI	No injuries	-
27 Feb 1979	Aero Comdr 500B N6156X	Annapolis, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
23 Sep 1978	Aero Comdr 500 N6244B	Laredo, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	7
4 Apr 1978	Aero Comdr 500 N2ME	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	Air Miami Inc	No injuries	-
5 Jan 1978	Aero Comdr 500B N6308U	Miles City, Montana, United States no coordinates	Combs Airways,	Fatal	1

All 133 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
21 Dec 1979	Piper PA-23 N1435P	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Caribbean Avia	Fatal	4
9 Feb 1979	Cessna 172M N12752	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
3 Feb 1979	Piper PA-23 N1330P	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	-	Fatal	4
30 Jun 1979	Cessna 150J N60936	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Paul Wikander	Fatal	2
1 Jul 1979	Piper PA-28 N3494M	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	Big Bear AV	Fatal	2
31 May 1979	Cessna 182 N618WC	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	-	Fatal	2

All 211 records in Unknown/Not Reported