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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA28140 · Lakeland, FL · July 12, 1981

Date
July 12, 1981 · 13:53 local
Place
Lakeland, FL
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8487R
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA81FA093
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
570 total84 in this make and model40 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.

Aircraft hit tree and crashed. Aircraft had been observed flying low in vicinity previous to accident.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HIT TREE AND CRASHED. AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN OBSERVED FLYING LOW IN VICINITY PREVIOUS TO ACCIDENT.

NTSB investigation

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