- Date
- July 20, 1971
- Place
- St.Michaels, MD · ST.MICHAELS, MD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N5298LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162082
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1382 71/7/20 ST.MICHAELS,MD PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 210 TIME - 2038 N5298L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP OCEAN CITY,MD RETURN COLLEGE PARK,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- DARK NITE,SPARSELY LTD AREA. CRASHED IN SWAMP. RECOVERY DATE 8/14/71.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5298L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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