- Date
- August 22, 1971
- Place
- Sanibel, FL · SANIBEL, FL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N5324SPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162057
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1780 71/8/22 SANIBEL,FLA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 17, 45 TOTAL TIME - 1536 N5324S PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CASA YBEL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VENICE,FLA UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- HIT 5 OF ROW OF 60 FT TREES PARALLELING STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5324S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Casa Ybel
N5324SRegistration cancelled Jul 26, 2011 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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