ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 126595
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 June 1970 |
| Time: | 12:40 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-34-180 Twin Six |
| Owner/operator: | Piper Aircraft Inc |
| Registration: | N3407K |
| MSN: | 34-0006 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sea off Vero Beach, Florida -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Vero Beach Regional Airport (VRB/KVRB) |
| Vero Beach Regional Airport (VRB/KVRB) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (destroyed) 03-06-1970 when crashed into the sea off Vero Breach, Florida, due to structural failure of the starboard wing during a test flight. The pilot (the sole person on board) escaped from the aircraft safely. Aircraft was one of the prototype/early production batch of Piper PA-34-180 Twin Six aircraft (later renamed Piper Seneca). According to the NTSB report into the accident, the cause of the crash was...
"RAPID PITCH UP DURING POWER DESCENT. STARBOARD OUTBOARD SECTION OF WINGS FAILED UPWARDS. AIRCRAFT EXAMINED UNDERWATER BUT NOT RECOVERED"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: MIA71AM012 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/Results.aspx?queryId=3db438d9-5083-4812-9adb-762a02f2401c
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=3407K
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2016 12:38 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2016 12:41 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Nov-2016 19:03 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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