- Date
- January 27, 1974
- Place
- Jaco, Serbia · JACO, Costa Rica
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8993WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740127001969A
- Case key
- 186712
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0002 74/1/27 NR.JACO,COSTA RICA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 4000 TIME - 1010 N8993W PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 650 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACO,COSTA RICA QUEPOS,COSTA RICO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN REMARKS- INVESTIGATN UNDR JURISDICTN OF GOVT OF COSTA RICA. ATTMPTD TKOF FROM BEACH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8993W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8993W · 3
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