- Date
- January 22, 1971
- Place
- St Petersburg, FL · ST PETERSBURG, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N6600JPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160375
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4403 71/1/22 ST PETERSBURG,FLA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 216 TIME - 1055 N6600J PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 174 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALBERT WHITTED DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST PETERSBURG,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE REMARKS- S-61 TYPE HEL IN TFC PTN RWY 18 PRACTISING PWR RECOVERY AUTOROTATIONS WHEN N6600J CLRD TKOF RWY 18
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6600J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Albert Whitted
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