Piper PA-60 N6897X

8 December 1981 · Sebastian, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Fatal

Summary

On 8 December 1981 at about 09:11 local time, a Piper PA-60 registered N6897X, operated by Piper Aircraft, was involved in an accident during in flight near Sebastian, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 8 December 1981 at 09:11
Classification: Accident
Location: Sebastian, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-60
Registration: N6897X
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Piper Aircraft
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Test
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Vero Beach, Fl → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3436

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	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

PRODUCTION TEST FLIGHT.SPUN INTO OCEAN 16MI OFFSHORE.

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 3-3436, 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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