- Date
- December 7, 1968
- Place
- Homestead, FL · HOMESTEAD, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7286FPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 27, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107338
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4184 68/12/7 HOMESTEAD,FLA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 36 TOTAL TIME - 1525 N7286F PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOMESTEAD GENERAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ACFT PORPOISED,PLT LOST CNTRL. ACFT STRUCK CANAL BANK AND SANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7286F
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Homestead General
N7286FRegistration cancelled Feb 1, 2025 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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