- Date
- July 1, 1965
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL · VERO BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9998WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177257
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0605 65/7/1 VERO BEACH FLA PIPER PA-32 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1606 N9998W PX- 0 0 0 EXPERIMENTATION 33, 4030 TOTAL HOURS, 205 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VERO BEACH MUNI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT SUFFERED HEART ATTACK PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9998W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Vero Beach Muni
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