- Date
- April 30, 1967
- Place
- Clewiston, FL · CLEWISTON, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5399ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117121
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1408 67/4/30 CLEWISTON,FLA PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 130 TIME - 1305 N5399Z PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CLEWISTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - LOCAL WHIRLWIND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 130 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 10 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- ACFT ENCOUNTERED WHIRLWIND AFTER T/O. WAS LIFTED VERTICALLY 70-100 FT,CRASHED OUT-OF-CONTROLL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5399Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Clewiston
N5399ZRegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2019 · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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Other investigations on N5399Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.