Date:	Tuesday 10 October 1967
Time:
Type:	Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche
Owner/operator:	Burnside Ott Aviation Training Center
Registration:	N8051Y
MSN:	30-1164
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Atlantic Ocean, near Opa-Locka, Miami-Dade County, Florida -   United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Opa Locka Airport (OPF/KOPF)
Destination airport:	Opa Locka Airport (OPF/KOPF)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 10 October 1967: went missing on a training flight (dual instruction) from Burnside Ott Aviation Training Center, at Opa-Locka Airport (OPF/KOPF), Opa-Locka, Miami-Dade County, Florida. Aircraft missing on a multi-engine training flight. Damage and injury indexes presumed, as no trace of the aircraft or the three persons on board was ever found. (Persons on board: instructor, pilot under training and examiner). Aircraft presumed to have crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coastline near Opa-Locka.

(The same aircraft had previously crashed on August 8 1967 at 17:30 hours, when it stalled and landed 'hard' during a go-around at West Palm Beach, Florida; no injuries sustained to the two persons on board. See link #4)

1. NTSB Identification: MIA68A0038: https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=15436&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=8501Y
3. http://planecrashmap.com/list/fl/
4. Previous crash on 08/08/1967: NTSB Identification: MIA68F0133 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=17363&key=0

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-Feb-2008 12:00	ASN archive	Added
28-Jan-2015 01:41	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
21-Jan-2017 21:25	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
08-Jul-2019 20:35	BEAVERSPOTTER	Updated [Cn, ]