- Date
- July 21, 1973
- Place
- Cottondale, FL · COTTONDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N15730Piper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730721025599A
- Case key
- 189604
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1883 73/7/21 NR.COTTONDALE,FLA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 59, 813 TIME - 1410 N15730 PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PANAMA CITY,FLA ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- OBS SAW ACFT DIVE OUT OF DARK CLOUD. R WG & R STAB SEPARATED IN FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15730
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.