Piper PA-28 N1959T

16 February 1972 · Off Fire Isle, Pacific Ocean South Latitudes · Fatal

Summary

On 16 February 1972 at about 03:54 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N1959T, operated by Metropolitan A, was involved in an accident during in flight near Off Fire Isle, Pacific Ocean South Latitudes. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 16 February 1972 at 03:54
Classification: Accident
Location: Off Fire Isle, Pacific Ocean South Latitudes
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-28
Registration: N1959T
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Metropolitan A
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Allegheny Co Aprt → Baltimore, Md
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 3-0015

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

RCVRD 10/13/72 BY RUSSIAN TRAWLER.PLT NOT RCVRD.PILOT-RPRTD FELL ASLEEP, EXHSTD FUEL, DITCHING.

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 3-0015, 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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