- Date
- June 22, 1971
- Place
- Merritt Islnd, FL · MERRITT ISLND, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6916WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162358
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2480 71/6/22 MERRITT ISLND,FLA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N6916W PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 26, 1937 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 210 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERRITT ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERRITT ISLND,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 95 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 240 13 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SIM FRCD LDG ON ARPT FROM 2000FT,1/2MI FRM ARPT.CONTINUED TO SETTLE DRG GO-AROUND.DENS ALT 2200FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6916W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Merritt Island
N6916WRegistration cancelled Mar 21, 2011 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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