19791206043699A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA24260 · Clearwater, FL · December 6, 1979

Date
December 6, 1979 · 13:07 local
Place
Clearwater, FL
Airport
Clearwater
Phase of flight
Forced Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9095P
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA80FA017
Reported as
Piper PA24260
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540D4A5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total52 in this make and model50 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.

Witnesses heard engine cutting out on low final. Airplane hit wires, crashed inverted short of runway.

As the FAA filed it

WITNESSES HEARD ENGINE CUTTING OUT ON LOW FINAL. AIRPLANE HIT WIRES, CRASHED INVERTED SHORT OF RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

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