19780819030249A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper J3C-65 · Homestead, FL · August 19, 1978

Date
August 19, 1978
Place
Homestead, FL
Phase of flight
Descent
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N46917
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA78FA116
Reported as
Piper J3C65
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Collided with frost control windmill during low pass over avocadove owned by a friend.

As the FAA filed it

COLLIDED WITH FROST CONTROL WINDMILL DURING LOW PASS OVER AVOCADOVE OWNED BY A FRIEND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.