19790429043379A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-30 · Lake Worth, FL · April 29, 1979

Date
April 29, 1979 · 08:10 local
Place
Lake Worth, FL
Airport
Palm Beach Co
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8440Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79FA078
Reported as
Piper PA30
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,250 total0 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.

Airplane made normal takeoff. Rolled inverted at 20 ft alt. Crashed in trees. Possible engine out. Lost control.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPLANE MADE NORMAL TAKEOFF. ROLLED INVERTED AT 20 FT ALT. CRASHED IN TREES. POSSIBLE ENGINE OUT. LOST CONTROL.

NTSB investigation

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