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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-18A · Lake Wales, FL · December 30, 1980

Date
December 30, 1980 · 11:30 local
Place
Lake Wales, FL
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1956A
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA81FA031
Reported as
Piper PA18A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
85 total10 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Aircraft was observed flying low making abrupt manuvers. On pullup rolled on back and dived into water.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING LOW MAKING ABRUPT MANUVERS. ON PULLUP ROLLED ON BACK AND DIVED INTO WATER.

NTSB investigation

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