PA28 Accident near Venice Beach Florida
Accident on 3rd December.
A 1976 Piper Warrior with a tail number of N4676F took off at night from Venice Beach and crashed about 2 1/2 miles off shore. The pilot had his wife and 12 year old daughter on board. The wife's body was found floating in the sea, the daughter was found dead in the back seat of the wreckage and the husband's body has not been found. The plane was found in 15 feet of water.
The NTSB have salvaged the plane. There was no distress call made. There are similarities to the JFK Junior accident being night time over water with no visual references. It was a rental aircraft and I wonder how experienced the pilot was.