- Date
- April 22, 1978
- Place
- Moss Bluff, FL · MOSS BLUFF, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N58378Piper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780422009629A
- Case key
- 142483
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1231 78/4/22 NR.MOSS BLUFF,FL PIPER J3C-65 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 38, 157 TIME - 1745 N58378 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 73 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REDDICK,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58378
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N58378 · 1
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