Piper PA-23 N1435P

21 December 1979 · Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported · Fatal

Summary

On 21 December 1979, a Piper PA-23 registered N1435P, operated by Caribbean Avia, was involved in an accident during unknown/not reported near Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 21 December 1979
Classification: Accident
Location: Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-23
Registration: N1435P
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Caribbean Avia
Operating rule: Corporate/Executive
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Route: Aguadilla, Pr → South Caicos Island
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3309

People

4 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	4	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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INJURY AND ACFT DAMAGE INDEXES ARE PRESUMED.

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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 3-3309, 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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21 Aug 1979	Piper PA-23 N5807Y	West Palm Bch, Florida, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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23 Jun 1979	Piper PA-23 N4128P	Elbert, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
17 Mar 1979	Piper PA-23 N25TD	Ft.mccoy, Florida, United States no coordinates	Skyway of Ocal	No injuries	-
27 Oct 1979	Piper PA-23 N640CC	Fort Myers, Florida, United States no coordinates	North American	No injuries	-
25 May 1979	Piper PA-23 N6913Y	Kansas City, Missouri, United States no coordinates	Vipilot	No injuries	-

All 1,716 records for this type

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