- Date
- December 24, 1978
- Place
- Sun City, AZ · SUN CITY, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4008RPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781224041389A
- Case key
- 138461
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3848 78/12/24 NR.SUN CITY,AZ PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 1040 TIME - 1530 N4008R PX- 1 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUN CITY,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-PREMATURE CHUTE OPENING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- CHUTE PULLED JUMPER THRU DOOR FRAME,TAIL SEPRTD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4008R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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