- Date
- March 25, 1970
- Place
- Okeechobee, FL · OKEECHOBEE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8437RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 137276
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1108 70/3/25 OKEECHOBEE,FLA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 160 TIME - 1630 N8437R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 149 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MULGREW DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WINTER HAVEN,FLA VERO BEACH,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- NO BRAKING ACTION DUE AQUAPLANING ON WET GRASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8437R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mulgrew
N8437RRegistration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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