- Date
- October 21, 1971
- Place
- Arcadia, FL · ARCADIA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4677HPiper PA-17
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164107
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4068 71/10/21 ARCADIA,FLA PIPER PA-17 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 800 TIME - 1815 N4677H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARCADIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARCADIA,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- 900FT,ACFT CMNCD SHLW L TURN,SPIRALED TO GND,HIT WIRES,HOUSE.CTLS CKD OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4677H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-17
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Arcadia
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