- Date
- July 8, 1974
- Place
- Ft Lauderdale, FL · FT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5084PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740708021289A
- Case key
- 130247
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2185 74/7/8 FT LAUDERDALE,FLA PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 7550 TIME - 1006 N5084P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2020 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FT LAUDERDALE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT LAUDERDALE,FLA PLANT CITY,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GUST LOCKS ENGAGED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE REMARKS- NON-STANDARD CONTROL LOCK.STALLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5084P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ft Lauderdale
N5084PRegistration cancelled Aug 10, 2012 · Piper PA-24Airframe modelPiper PA-24Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.