Accident Piper PA-24 Comanche N9078P,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 12158
 
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Date:Saturday 17 January 1970
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic PA24 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Piper PA-24 Comanche
Owner/operator:Air Sea Forwarding Inc
Registration: N9078P
MSN: 24-4548
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Atlantic Ocean -   Atlantic Ocean
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Opa Locka, FL (OPF/KOPF)
Destination airport:New Providence Airport, Nassau, Bahamas (PID/MYPI)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Went missing on a flight between Opa Locka, Florida, and Nassau, Bahamas. Presumably ditched/crashed into the western Atlantic Ocean. No trace was ever found.

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: MIA70AM062
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=4708&key=0
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=9078P
La Nacion 21 January 1970, p30

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Feb-2008 12:00 ASN archive Added
06-Mar-2015 19:44 Dr. John Smith Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
08-Feb-2016 11:53 TB Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Damage]
28-Nov-2016 19:36 TB Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]

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