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MIA78FA060

1978-04-05 · ST THOMAS, VI, United States · Fatal · 2 aircraft · Status: Completed

N877A has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE G-IV, built 2001), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
AERO COMDR 680F · N2998C
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
E
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
Cruise — descent (EF)
Operator type
Z
Kind of flying
DY

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
140° / 10 kt
Temp
74° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0680F-987-34
Total time
3,078 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
DA (DA)
Total hours
18,980
Age
67

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

ILLANCE FOR SUSPICION OF NARCOTICS CONTRABAND.

Investigator remarks

ACFT FOUND IN CANAL ADJ TO ROAD.ACFT UNDER SURVE

Cause factors

  • 64/A/35 A
    PILOT IN COMMAND SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/88 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2506. Source file NTSB_1978_3_2506.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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