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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hood John S TANGO · New Port Richey, FL · June 8, 2010

Date
June 8, 2010 · 18:10 local
Place
New Port Richey, FL
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N76HT
Reported as
Hood John S Tango
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 SER A&C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
6,366 total1,995 in this make and model14 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.

While in cruse flight N76HT experienced a partial power loss. Pilot stated he could not reach an airport, he decided to land on a secondary road. On short final a car turned in front of him and he had to adjust his flight path clipping a palm tree spining the aircraft around and comming to rest partialy in a ditch.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE IN CRUSE FLIGHT N76HT EXPERIENCED A PARTIAL POWER LOSS. PILOT STATED HE COULD NOT REACH AN AIRPORT, HE DECIDED TO LAND ON A SECONDARY ROAD. ON SHORT FINAL A CAR TURNED IN FRONT OF HIM AND HE HAD TO ADJUST HIS FLIGHT PATH CLIPPING A PALM TREE SPINING THE AIRCRAFT AROUND AND COMMING TO REST PARTIALY IN A DITCH.