Piper PA-28 N3646K

15 May 1972 · No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Fatal

Summary

On 15 May 1972 at about 12:42 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N3646K was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 3 people were on board and one died, 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 15 May 1972 at 12:42
Classification: Accident
Location: No.atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-28
Registration: N3646K
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: St.thomas, Vi → St.maarten, Antilles
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2205

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	1	0	2	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

DITCHED NEXT TO SHIP NEARLY OUT OF FUEL.BECAME LOST DUE INADEQUATE NAV EQUIP.PLT & ACFT SANK.

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 3-2205, 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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