- Date
- May 6, 1978
- Place
- Avon Park, FL · AVON PARK, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8411LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780506009149A
- Case key
- 142487
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1101 78/5/6 AVON PARK,FL CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 78, 3000 TIME - 1320 N8411L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AVON PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AVON PARK,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED REMARKS- STALLED INTO TREES SHORT OF THE RUNWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8411L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Avon Park
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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.