- Date
- June 3, 1970
- Place
- Opa Locka, FL · OPA LOCKA, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7392PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 123940
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2382 70/6/3 OPA LOCKA,FLA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 52, 4600 TIME - 1636 N7392P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OPA-LOCKA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OPA LOCKA,FLA LAKELAND,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: ABORTED COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: AIRSPEED REMARKS- AIRSPEED INDICATOR MALFUNCTIONED AT L/O.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7392P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Opa-Locka
N7392PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N7392P · 2
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