- Date
- December 20, 1975
- Place
- St Petersburg, FL · ST PETERSBURG, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1044UPiper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751220040429A
- Case key
- 152207
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3956 75/12/20 NR.ST PETERSBURG,FL PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0950 N1044U PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 38, 2951 TOTAL HOURS, 156 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ST PETERSBURG DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST PETERSBURG,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- IP CUT R MIXT CTL AT VMC,STUDENT RESPONDED WITH PWR OFF THEN ADVANCED PWR,ACFT YAWED WING HIT GND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1044U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- St Petersburg
N1044URegistration cancelled Jul 16, 2013 · Piper PA-34Airframe modelPiper PA-34Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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