Piper PA-32R N38966

18 December 1978 · Prvdenciales, Other-Foreign Countries · No injuries

Summary

On 18 December 1978 at about 09:30 local time, a Piper PA-32R registered N38966, operated by Aerosun, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Prvdenciales, Other-Foreign Countries. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 18 December 1978 at 09:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Prvdenciales, Other-Foreign Countries
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-32R
Registration: N38966
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Aerosun
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Z → Z
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0041

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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

HIT ROCKS ON ROAD.MARIJUANA FOUND AT CRASH SITE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No position. The source record has no latitude and longitude, and it names no place or airport that could be looked up, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 6-0041, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
11 May 1978	Piper PA-32R N8769C	Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States approximate position	Top Flite Aero	Fatal	3
16 Sep 1978	Piper PA-32R N3930F	Robbinsville, New Jersey, United States approximate position	Cherokee Flyin	Fatal	5
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25 Aug 1978	Piper PA-32R N12ML	Des Moines, Iowa, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
10 May 1978	Piper PA-32R N6230J	Yucca Valley, California, United States approximate position	Peninsula Avia	No injuries	-
14 Mar 1978	Piper PA-32R N7299C	Rock Falls, Illinois, United States approximate position	-	Fatal	1

All 525 records for this type

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
8 Aug 1978	Aero Comdr 560E N6227B	Bimini, Other-Foreign Countries not on the map	-	Fatal	6
26 Sep 1978	Cessna 210 N6624X	Nassau, Other-Foreign Countries not on the map	-	No injuries	-
24 Jan 1978	Cessna 172 N9391H	Cay Verde, Other-Foreign Countries not on the map	-	No injuries	-
3 Apr 1978	Na Rockwell 560 N343P	Nassau, Other-Foreign Countries not on the map	-	Fatal	5
3 Nov 1978	Cessna 182 N7057S	Grand Bahama, Other-Foreign Countries not on the map	-	No injuries	-
30 Dec 1978	Mooney M20F N6913V	Walker Cay, Other-Foreign Countries not on the map	-	No injuries	-

All 247 records in Other-Foreign Countries