- Date
- July 12, 1971
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL · VERO BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N202PEPiper PE-2
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162524
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2487 71/7/12 VERO BEACH,FLA PIPER PE-2 CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1455 N202PE PX- 0 0 0 EXPERIMENTATION 43, 7701 TOTAL HOURS, 14 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VERO BEACH,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLUTTER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- RIGHT ELEV TAB MODIFIED,CHORD INCRD 1-1/2IN.FLUTTER SHEARED ELEV HORN/TORQUE TUBE RIVETS.CTL LOST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N202PE
- Reported as
- Piper PE-2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
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