- Date
- February 27, 1969
- Place
- Key West, FL · KEY WEST, FL
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7872YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191427
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0343 69/2/27 KEY WEST,FLA PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 527 TIME - 0910 N7872Y PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 89 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KEY WEST INTL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PRACTICE VOR APPCH. STALLED FROM STEEP TURN MANEUVERING TO FINAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7872Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Key West Intl
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