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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-28-140 · South Bay, FL · May 17, 1983

Date
May 17, 1983 · 09:00 local
Place
South Bay, FL
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8235N
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA83FA143
Reported as
Piper PA28140
Reported engine
Lycoming O320E2A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.

Pilot attempting to continue flight below weather. Aircraft crashed into powerlines running over canal.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT ATTEMPTING TO CONTINUE FLIGHT BELOW WEATHER. AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO POWERLINES RUNNING OVER CANAL.

NTSB investigation

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