19841226068089A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA32R301 · Bradley, FL · December 26, 1984

Date
December 26, 1984 · 20:20 local
Place
Bradley, FL
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8227J
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA85MA064
Reported as
Piper PA32R301
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
5
Pilot’s flight hours
403 total50 in this make and model4 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.

Inflight breakup of aircraft which was overgross and loaded to exceed aft CG limit. Weather may have been a factor.

As the FAA filed it

INFLIGHT BREAKUP OF AIRCRAFT WHICH WAS OVERGROSS AND LOADED TO EXCEED AFT CG LIMIT. WEATHER MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR.

NTSB investigation

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