- Date
- April 14, 1970
- Place
- Tallahassee, FL · TALLAHASSEE, FL
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N411AAPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135527
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0781 70/4/14 TALLAHASSEE,FLA PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 62, 10245 TIME - 0115 N411AA PX- 0 3 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 220 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TALLAHASSEE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST PETERSBURG,FLA TALLAHASSEE,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N411AA
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tallahassee
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