ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 13622
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| Date: | Friday 3 November 1978 |
| Time: | 19:49 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Caribbean Airways Inc |
| Registration: | N59912 |
| MSN: | 31-7552034 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing off Saint Thomas -
 U.S. Virgin Islands
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | St. Croix, US Virgin Islands (STX/KSTX) |
| St Thomas, US Virgin Islands (STT/TIST) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Aircraft went missing between Alexander Hamilton International Airport, Christiansted, St. Croix and Harry S. Truman Airport, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, both in the US Virgin Islands. Aircraft presumed to have crashed into the sea on final approach to St. Thomas, wreckage and body of pilot (sole person aboard) not found and not recovered.
Registration N59912 cancelled by the FAA on August 17, 1982
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: MIA79FA010 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=38353&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=59912
3. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.baaa-acro.com/1978/archives/crash-of-a-piper-pa-31-navajo-chieftain-in-charlotte-amalie-1-killed/]
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Aug-2012 17:06 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-May-2015 17:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 25-Sep-2017 23:52 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2019 18:01 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Damage] |
| 10-Dec-2021 22:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 01-May-2022 00:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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