- Date
- May 14, 1974
- Place
- Folkston, GA · FOLKSTON, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8872NPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 124388
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1190 74/5/14 NR.FOLKSTON,GA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 41, 32 TOTAL TIME - 2330 N8872N PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JACKSONVILLE,FLA MOULTRIE,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. REMARKS- STUDENT CERT NOT ENDORSED FOR XC FLT.PLT NOT QUALIFIED FOR NIGHT FLT.FLT PROGRESSED OVR SWAMP AREA
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8872N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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