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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-151 · Fellsmere, FL · March 18, 1979

Date
March 18, 1979 · 17:05 local
Place
Fellsmere, FL
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1131X
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79FLD53
Reported as
Piper PA28151
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E3D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
298 total2 in this make and model1 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.

Engine failure in cruise flight. Acft burned so badly cause of failure could not be determined.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FAILURE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. ACFT BURNED SO BADLY CAUSE OF FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

NTSB investigation

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