- Date
- January 6, 1967
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL · VERO BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3214WPiper PA-32S
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119576
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0058 67/1/6 VERO BEACH,FLA PIPER PA-32S CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N3214W PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION AGE 33, 3450 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 90 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEMPRARY SEA BASE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- RAMP SLOPE INTO WATER CRITICAL DUE LOW TIDE. FLOATS DOWN BY BOW DUE REDUCED PWR,STRUCK RAMP EDGE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3214W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Temprary Sea Base
N3214WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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